Brighton are set to advance their interest in Newcastle United winger Yankuba Minteh, with the Magpies forced to broker sales before the so-called Profitability and Sustainability rules (PSR) deadline at the end of the month.
19-year-old Minteh has interest from Everton, Borussia Dortmund and Lyon but i understands that Brighton have held further talks with Newcastle over a £30m deal for the winger.
i has been told that Minteh – who was on holiday with his family earlier this week – is “relaxed” about his future but would prefer to remain in the Premier League, so a move to Brighton would likely appeal.
The Seagulls have a record of buying well and Minteh is understood to have shown up well on their transfer metrics after a successful loan spell at Feyenoord last season.
That performance had raised hopes that Newcastle would be able to integrate him into their first team squad but their PSR situation requires them to sell players to avoid a breach of the allowable loss limits over a rolling three-year cycle.
Several of their first team players are up for sale but it is Minteh who has attracted the most interest.
Everton are also keen but a proposal involving Dominic Calvert-Lewin was sunk earlier this week because the two clubs were far apart on their valuations of the players.
Any deal with Brighton would likely not include a buy-back clause, which is something Newcastle fans have been pinning their hopes on.
Friday night brought further reports of Chelsea holding dialogue over star striker Alexander Isak but Newcastle do not want to sell the Sweden striker, who has reaffirmed his commitment to the club twice this year.
Newcastle want to tie Isak down to a new contract but their PSR situation has encouraged clubs to enquire about their star men.
If they do sell Minteh it would, at least, ease concerns about that possibility.
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