Newcastle United face transfer standoff with Yankuba Minteh

Newcastle United is considering banning Yankuba Minteh from the youth team if he refuses to leave this summer. Despite a £40m bid from Lyon, Minteh prefers Everton, but Everton hasn't agreed on a fee. Newcastle's urgency comes from PSR rules and points deduction risk. Minteh, currently in Gambia, has no plans to return to Europe.

Newcastle United Face Transfer Standoff With Yankuba Minteh
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Newcastle United is prepared to banish Yankuba Minteh from the youth team if he refuses to leave this summer. Despite Newcastle accepting a £40m bid from Lyon, Minteh is adamant about staying in the Premier League, with a preference to join Everton. However, Everton has yet to agree on a fee with Newcastle and are unlikely to do so this week.

Newcastle’s urgency for a quick sale stems from concerns over breaching PSR rules, risking a points deduction if they don’t sell players by Sunday’s accounting deadline. Minteh, currently visiting family in Gambia, has no plans to return to Europe soon, complicating the transfer due to the need for a medical.

Minteh was loaned to Feyenoord immediately after his £6.5m signing from Odense Boldklub last summer and made 37 appearances, scoring 11 goals and providing six assists. Although he doesn’t feature in Eddie Howe’s plans for next season, Newcastle sources indicated the manager might reconsider if Minteh remains at the club. The 19-year-old has earned six international caps for Gambia since his debut in September.

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Yankuba Minteh

Yankuba Minteh

Forwarder, Midfielder

GambiaGambia

Age: 20

180 cm

kg

Season 2023/2024
Played 27 6 Missed
Minutes 1462 54.1 Avg
Goals 9 0.3 Avg
Assist 5 0.2 Avg
Attempt 99 3.7 Avg
Passes 457 16.959.0% AvgSucc
Yellow 0 0.0 Avg
Red 0 0.0 Avg

This season he played in total 27 times for 1462 minutes for Eredivisie.

Yankuba Minteh scored 9 goals for Feyenoord. He procured 5 assists. He received no yellow cards and no red cards.

His team is currently 2nd in Eredivisie. In the last match Feyenoord won 4-0 against Excelsior.

Feyenoord performance and stats

Feyenoord

Manager: Arne Slot
Rank 2nd
Win 25
Draw 6
Loss 2
Goals 88-26
Diff 62
Rank 3rd
Win 2
Draw 0
Loss 4
Goals 9-10
Diff -1

Feyenoord is currently 2nd in the Eredivisie with 81 points.

In the last 33 games, it has won 25 times, drawn 6 times, and lost twice. In its last match, Feyenoord won 4-0 against Excelsior.​​

It has a positive goal difference after scoring 88 goals and conceding 26.​