Brighton have reportedly rejected a gap £50m bid from Liverpool for winger Yankuba Minteh.
Liverpool have been searching for a winger because the departure this summer season of membership legend Mohamed Salah.
And stories on Thursday counsel that the Merseyside membership lodged a proper £50m bid for the Gambia worldwide, with Brighton eager to carry on to the 22-year-old ahead.
Brighton, who’re additionally dealing with the prospect of shedding midfielder Carlos Baleba to Manchester United, drew the primary leg of their Convention League play-off with Tromso 0-0 on Thursday.
Liverpool have already added Victor Muñoz from Osasuna and introduced in Ronald Araújo on mortgage from Barcelona to shore up the backline, however stay within the hunt for an elite winger.
Yan Diomande was an obvious goal earlier than he opted to swap RB Leipzig for Actual Madrid, whereas an enquiry for Bradley Barcola hit a direct wall when Paris Saint-Germain slapped a prohibitive £145m price ticket on the French worldwide. Liverpool have additionally saved shut tabs on PSG teenager Ibrahim Mbaye as they work by means of a shortlist of attainable choices.
That pursuit led them on to Minteh, who price Brighton £30m when arriving from Newcastle United in 2024.
Minteh is presently dealing with roughly eight weeks on the sidelines resulting from an damage.
