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Liverpool’s talks with Brighton for Yankuba Minteh are “not progressing”.

Sky Sports reports on X (formerly Twitter) that the Seagulls are holding out for £80m after rejecting the Reds’ latest £60m bid for the Gambian.

The right-sided winger is expected to be out injured until October.

Brighton’s valuation for Yankuba Minteh is insane

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The Reds may really want to add Minteh to their squad this summer, but the fact of the matter is that £80m for an injured footballer who had a solid, but far from incredible, 2025/26 season is insane.

Look, we’re not naive; we know this isn’t simply Brighton being strong sellers, as they’ve proven historically with their excellent transfer strategy in the Premier League.

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This is a club fully taking advantage of the fact that Andoni Iraola’s men are desperate for a naturally right-sided winger at a time when we’re bursting at the seams with left-sided options.

And credit to them. Why should our poor recruitment this summer get in the way of Brighton receiving a fee that they feel reflects the value of one of their top assets?

It’s just disappointing that Liverpool have worked themselves into a corner where they’re now utterly reliant on Bradley Barcola and, potentially, a mystery additional winger being added in the window.

Ibrahim Mbaye is still an option for Liverpool

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Liverpool are, we understand, considering alternative targets to bolster the right wing.

However, we do think it’s worth emphasising that PSG’s Ibrahim Mbaye remains a viable option for our recruitment team this summer.

Yes, we appear to have taken a step back from talks with the Senegal international, but if we were prepared to fork out £60m for Minteh, it’s believed that PSG would be prepared to accept a similar figure for the teenager.

We appreciate that Liverpool are running into a similar problem of overpaying for a footballer beyond their internal valuations.

But with six days until the window closes, we really need to see some progress made.

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