Minteh agrees to join Liverpool as insiders reveal fate of second bid

Yankuba Minteh has agreed to join Liverpool from Brighton, as Fabrizio Romano is among those revealing the fate of their second bid for the winger.

Interest from the Reds in Minteh was evident earlier in the summer, but went quiet for a while. Of late, Bradley Barcola, and to a lesser extent, Ibrahim Mbaye, have been the priorities.

But in recent days, Brighton man Minteh came back onto the radar, with Liverpool lodging a £50million bid for the winger, which was rejected.

Romano has now offered an update on the Gambian player’s thoughts as well as the fate of a second bid.

He said on X: ‘Liverpool and Yankuba Minteh have a broad verbal agreement on contract terms as the player said yes to #LFC project. Brighton rejected £60m bid sent today but talks continue, as @foday_manneh_ reported.’

Indeed, Gambian journalist Manneh exclusively broke the news that the second bid had been turned away.

He said: ‘BREAKING Yankuba Minteh to Liverpool FC; a second bid rejected by Brighton from #LFC for the Gambian winger after a £50M opening offer turned down, I can exclusively confirm today. The two clubs are hopeful about agreeing and continue talks.’

Liverpool must go harder for Yankuba Minteh

It’s evident that Liverpool must go even harder if they want to secure the services of Liverpool, but just how far they’ll need to go is now unclear.

Indeed, it was suggested that a £60million bid might be enough for Minteh.

Ben Jacobs stated: “Liverpool are now working with Andoni Iraola to assess whether it’s worth going in with a second bid for Minteh. If they hit around £60m, I think that would be a very difficult offer for Brighton to turn down.”

On Liverpool’s priorities for the wing, Jacobs said: “Yankuba Minteh has been a target for some time. But I don’t sense that it’s definitively Minteh and Barcola as one and two. Although the other way round, of course.

“I think it’s more Barcola as number one – a must-get if they possibly can, and then there are three or four other options that Liverpool have enquired about and bid on.”

With talks continuing, it appears Liverpool will be back to the table with a third bid for Minteh, the valuation of which is currently unclear.

Had the Reds felt this pursuit would be easier than Barcola, currently, they’ve been proven wrong.