Liverpool have been searching for a wide attacker all summer.
Bradley Barcola is still unresolved.
Ibrahim Mbaye talks are progressing.
And now another name on the list has hit a wall.
Brighton have said no.
Brighton reject Liverpool’s £50m approach for Yankuba Minteh as Seagulls hold firm over injured winger’s valuation
According to Sky Sports, Liverpool have had an approach for Minteh rejected, with the £50 million figure submitted by Andoni Iraola’s side falling short of Brighton’s valuation for the Gambian international winger.
Sky Sports News understands the rejection was straightforward.
The number didn’t meet the asking price.
End of conversation.
The news arrives with an additional complication that shapes the whole picture.
Minteh is currently injured, and the injury is not a minor one.
He is expected to be unavailable until October, meaning any club signing him now would be buying a player they cannot use for the first two months of the season.
For Brighton, that context actually strengthens their position rather than weakening it.
There is no urgency to sell a player who isn’t available to play.
They can hold firm, allow the summer window to close, and revisit the conversation in January from a position where Minteh has returned to fitness and his market value is demonstrably intact.
For Liverpool, the rejection is a setback, but not an unexpected one.
Brighton have a reputation for knowing exactly what their best players are worth and refusing to discount that valuation regardless of external pressure.
And for Iraola, the search for wide reinforcement continues.
The Barcola pursuit remains the most advanced conversation.
But with Brighton closing the door on Minteh, one option has been definitively removed from the board — at least for this window.
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