Premier League’s PSR (Profit and Sustainability Rules) are unrelenting and Newcastle feel as if there’s a cloud hanging over the club, needing to sell before the accounting-period deadline. In order to avoid selling best players like Anthony Gordon or Alexander Isak, the Magpies opted for selling the Gambian Yankuba Minteh to Brighton. The price of nearly 40 million euros is fine, but the club from St. James’ Park might have lost a serious prospect and a valuable youngster, who was set to shine with the Magpies for years to come. The richest club in the world had to sell in order to balance the books by June 30th in order to be in compliance with PSR, or otherwise risking being punished as much as 10 points for the upcoming season. Given the situation in which Newcastle found themselves since the Saudi takeover, they were not going to let that happen in a season where they are expecting to be in the top six. In case you missed the big news overnight… 😜 Yankuba Minteh is an Albion player! 💙🤍 pic.twitter.com/hA9HVaeHc6— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) July 1, 2024 So, Brighton used the situation and brought in another African gem after Tariq Lamptey (Ghana), Carlos Baleba (Cameroon), and Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast), and will try to turn him into a precious stone which will intrigate the entire Premier League and Europe. His transfer is the the most expensive one in the club history. Other EPL sides such as Nottingham Forest and Everton were also interested in the player. Moreover, at one point Newcastle agreed the deal worth approximately 47 million euros with the French Olympique Lyon, but the youngster rejected the transfer as he wanted to play in England. Newcastle are desperate to sell – even Gordon and Isak are not pricelessMinteh joined the Magpies in 2023 from the Danish side Odense Boldklub for only eight million. However, he didn’t even make a debut at St. James’ Park since he was immediately loaned to Feyenoord where the 19-year-old went on to enjoy a stand out season, scoring 11 goals in 36 appearances in all competitions. He debuted for the Gambian national team last September and since then scored three goals in six games. Unfortunately, the Magpies quickly realized that they had to sell another promising youngster apart from Minteh, as this money was not enough to cover all the losses. So, after much soul searching, they decided to cash in on an promising Academy player Elliot Andersen, who left to join Nottingham Forest in a 42 million deal. And while some fans are devastated, since they believe that the player is worth much more, other are happy, as it was Newcastle who brought in players like Bruno Guimaraes and Sven Botman with the same kind of money. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8186095##
