Newcastle United have invested closely following the takeover by the Saudi PIF in late 2021, with the homeowners desperately needing to enhance the squad to be aggressive within the Premier League.
Earlier than the acquisition, the Magpies had been consistently battling relegation beneath Steve Bruce, with the membership trying more likely to return to the Championship beneath his management.
Nevertheless, on the time, Bruce was given a tricky process by former proprietor Mike Ashley, aiming to safe their top-flight standing and doing so with subsequent to no funding in his squad.
It is no shock to see the Magpies thriving following the £400m funding by the PIF, with the membership trying in a a lot more healthy state beneath Eddie Howe and the proprietor’s steerage.
The large funding has come at a price nonetheless, with the Magpies needing to boost funds throughout the summer season switch window to keep away from being hit with a possible factors deduction for breaking the Premier League’s FFP guidelines.
One participant has consistently been linked with a big-money transfer away from St James’ Park throughout the low season, with the membership needing to maintain maintain of one among their stars who has an enormous future forward of him.
Newcastle star attracting enormous curiosity
In accordance with Luke Edwards from The Telegraph, Newcastle attacker Yankuba Minteh is attracting curiosity from fellow Premier League aspect Liverpool forward of a possible transfer to Anfield this summer season – with a price of £40m having been mooted.
The 19-year-old has scored ten objectives and supplied 5 assists in his 27 appearances for Feyenoord within the Eredivisie, with new Reds boss Arne Slot trying to be reunited with the Gambian after his profitable mortgage stint beneath his steerage in 2023/24.
Nevertheless, regardless of his stellar marketing campaign within the Netherlands, Howe’s aspect are enduring FFP worries and will look to money in on Minteh this summer season only one 12 months after his £7m transfer to Tyneside, regardless of by no means making an look for the membership’s first staff.
Yankuba Minteh stats within the Eredivisie in 2023/24
Statistics
Minteh
Video games
27
Objectives
10
Assists
5
Progressive carries
7.9
Profitable take-ons
3.7
Shot-creating actions
5.8
Pictures per recreation
3.5
Touches in attacking areas
9.9
Stats by way of FBref
Given his massively spectacular numbers from his short-term stint away from St James’, the membership will undoubtedly need to maintain maintain of the teen, as they give the impression of being to keep away from a repeat of 1 deal that noticed the membership probably miss out on an enormous payday.
Why Minteh’s transfer could possibly be one other Ivan Toney state of affairs
Again in 2018, Newcastle agreed to promote striker Ivan Toney to Peterborough United for a price within the area of £350k, with the Magpies – who signed the marksman from Northampton City as a young person three years earlier – putting a 30% sell-on price inside the switch.
He finally joined Brentford in a deal rising to £10m with add-ons – a deal that appears to be a discount given his type for the Bees within the Championship and Premier League.
Toney has since scored 36 Premier League objectives for Thomas Frank’s aspect during the last three campaigns, leading to a £100m valuation from the Bees simply a few months in the past.
Though they might obtain a price a lot larger than they did for Toney, Minteh has demonstrated his glorious expertise at a younger age, with The Premier League Panel subsequently claiming he has the “Vinicius [Jr] high quality” with fixed depth on and off the ball.
That’s some reward certainly contemplating that Actual Madrid’s Brazilian sensation solely just lately ended the 2023/24 marketing campaign with 35 objectives and assists to his title in all competitions from his large berth, incomes the tag of being the “greatest on the planet” from supervisor Carlo Ancelotti.
Newcastle have desperately been missing high quality on the right-hand aspect of their assault, with Miguel Almiron failing to match his efficiency ranges of final season which noticed the Paraguayan bag 11 objectives in 29 begins.
The Gambian’s potential to chop inside with the ball and discover both a teammate or the again of the online is a top quality that Howe’s aspect are crying out for, with the membership needing to maintain maintain of their proficient teen regardless of the monetary troubles.
The 19-year-old has the power to be a beginning participant for the following decade at St James’, with the Magpies desperately needing to maintain maintain of Minteh and prioritise promoting different first-team members to scale back the danger of any potential punishments.
The Tynesiders will not desire a repeat of their earlier switch fumble with Toney.
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