Liverpool could complete the signing of Yankuba Minteh imminently if they choose to meet Brighton’s asking price for the attacker.
Ben Jacobs reports that the Seagulls would be prepared to shake hands on £70m.
However, it’s entirely possible that the Reds opt to test the waters further with a bid around the £65m mark.
Liverpool could pivot from Yankuba Minteh to Ibrahim Mbaye
It seems that Liverpool are still leaving the door open for a late pivot, with Brighton holding out for a sizeable fee.
“With Minteh, they held some talks over the weekend. They’re deciding today; so it could change any minute and very quickly whether they want to make a third bid,” the reporter told TalkSPORT.
“If they go to £70m, it’ll be a done deal, according to Brighton sources. My sense is Liverpool might consider £65m first. That was discussed at the weekend, but I think if Liverpool bid one more time it’ll almost be a final bid, because they’ve got other options [like] Ibrahim Mbaye.
“But PSG want €70m [£59.8m], which is still equivalent to Minteh. So, they’ve got two options now at roughly the same price. But my expectation is that it’s Barcola plus one.”
Ben Jacob’s update on Barcola, Mbaye and Minteh. pic.twitter.com/h9ad5iw4ub
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Of course, with PSG valuing Ibrahim Mbaye – a right-sided winger who currently isn’t injured – at a comparatively lower fee, it does beg the question as to why Liverpool are holding out for Minteh.
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Perhaps our recruitment team simply feels that the Gambian – four years his PSG counterpart’s senior and with significant Premier League experience under his belt – represents the safest bet.
Whatever the case, Liverpool need to stop dithering
If Liverpool are prepared to go as far as £65m for Yankuba Minteh, we have to assume that they could also seal a deal relatively imminently for Ibrahim Mbaye.
And if we’re not prepared to pursue talks with the French champions any further, as far as the Senegalese international is concerned, stalling in talks with Brighton for the sake of £5m seems ludicrous. Especially when the player seems especially keen on the move.
We’ve already seen how limited Liverpool’s squad looked against Newcastle, so it’s absolutely paramount that Richard Hughes and Co. nail reinforcements ahead of this Saturday’s hosting of Nottingham Forest.
Just stop dithering, Liverpool and get your bodies in for the manager to work with.
Done deal for late October and GW10. And next week he’ll play for national team and … you know.
get mbaye who’s not injured coz we action not to wait untill 2-3months without a right winger.
How can we go for an alternative of 3 months later, when one who could play till the three months of Minteh action. Let be realistic here. We have a very big problem. If not for the effect of victor we would have loss our opening game to Newcastle united very disappointing.
FSG are bean counters. For 5M less they do walk away from a deal. We saw it so many times during their tenure. It is all about the money, mothing about GLORY.
FFS.What we really need is a dm.
what good is an injured player to us at this time for get Minteh get the PSG pair before we loose out on them both as we have done before were penny pinching again get the transfers over the line and move on. the way were going we wont be signing anyone as we did last window
Pros for Mbaye is younger, cheaper, able to start straightaway and already a teammate of Barcola.
Minteh is more expensive used to playing in the PL but is sidelined for a few weeks. Problem is with a thin squad and players already out with injuries we need players now
Absolutely correct. My feelings exactly.
please who this current Liverpool coach should tell him to get out of anfield and the sporting manager and leave Liverpool alone,
do not sign minteh another crock and not good enough for liverpool youl never learn get mbaye now way better minteh and ready minteh70 mil what a rip off liverpool just like wirtz crap
Yes, get Mbaye. Forget Minteh, hes out for the next 3 months AND hes more expensive. But move NOW – only 6 days left!
Pay the money and add barcola to the squad
Get Mbaye, he is what we need, left footed right winger, and young enough to become “domestic player”.
Absolutely correct. And if Barcola is too expensive what about Rayan? Surely can’t be more expensive right? But whatever it is we need to move NOW before the transfer window slams shut.
Yes. Stop dithering, Liverpool, and do something. Why chase someone who’s currently injured – out for at least 2 or 3 months? Ibrahim Mbaye seems a much better option as he’s NOT injured and commands a lower asking price. Ibrahim Mbaye is who we need right now, and the fact that he’s young means that Iraola can mould him into what we need. He has all the attributes – he’s a right winger who is just what we need. And he’s ready to play right now. In a couple of months he’ll be up to speed for us, before Minteh can even start to be integrated into the team. Absolute no brainer to me.
seriously,iam not okay with this liverpool athough,because the liverpool i know can not be doing this,what is going on? if it is management let them realies money for that coatch to finish transfer, what is going on? we are not happy with what liverpool are doing at all, we never walk alone,and we can not take what we take last season at all pls
I can’t believe that this is still going on. We are again backing ourselves into a corner then panic buy. Look Minteh is a good winger, BUT he is way overpriced and seems to be injury prone. We already have Gomez for that we can not afford to have another one. The club say they want a youngster to bring on; Mbaye is perfect. He is only 18, and about 20-30m cheaper, plus he is already an international but still has lots to learn, he is like a minnie clone of Mane. Get these two in NOW and then go all out for Wharton. I think that No6 position is where we need to pay the extra money for a young, ready to go straight into the starting lineup, not someone to grow. We have wasted 115m on Wirtz now pussy footing around over a few million, Hughes needs to get a grip of things, it is embarrassing, he is working for one o the biggest clubs in world football not little Bournemouth.
Remember we lost guehi and semenyo because we were penny wise pound foolish.
Yeah,richard you are working for lfc not fulham or wolves