Brighton reject Liverpool £50m bid for Yankuba Minteh

Brighton & Hove Albion have rejected a £50m Liverpool bid for winger Yankuba Minteh, sources told ESPN. No agreement has been reached.

The bid

ESPN reports: "Liverpool have had a £50 million ($68m) bid for Brighton & Hove Albion's Yankuba Minteh rejected, sources told ESPN."

Brighton are reluctant to sell. Minteh himself would reportedly welcome a move to Anfield if talks progressed — so the obstacle is the selling club, not the player.

The detail many reports skip

Minteh is recovering from surgery on his right leg, sustained in a friendly against Roma, and is expected to be out for at least eight weeks.

Any club paying £50m-plus right now is buying a player who cannot feature until late October. That is a long-term decision, not a fix for the opening weeks of the season.

His Brighton record

Per ESPN, the Gambia winger has nine goals and eight assists in 66 Premier League matches for Brighton since arriving from Newcastle for £30m in the summer of 2024.

Bought for £30m, £50m turned down two years later — familiar Brighton business. They have no obvious reason to rush.

Nothing official

This is sourced reporting, not a club statement. Neither Brighton nor Liverpool has commented publicly at the time of publication, and no deal has been agreed.

Source: ESPN, citing sources. No official club announcement at the time of publication.