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There’s a Mohamed Salah-shaped hole at Liverpool that, in one way or another, needs to be filled.

Signing Yankuba Minteh would offer Andoni Iraola something of a profile match to the Egyptian winger. Minteh, a left-footer who does his best work from the right, packs plenty of pace and confidence to run at opposition defenders.

Last season he ranked fourth for dribbles in the Premier League (142 attempted, 45.8 per cent success), with only Jeremy Doku, Antoine Semenyo and Iliman Ndiaye putting up more. By this metric, Cody Gakpo was the top Liverpool player but only attempted 88.

Minteh’s output can run frustratingly hot and cold, though having recently turned 22, the former Newcastle attacker is far from a fully-developed player. A return of three goals and four assists in 2025-26 was modest, including a six-month wait for a goal between September and March.

In the moments when Minteh shows variety, going outside defenders and using his right foot, and not just relying on cutting inside onto his dominant left foot, he can truly threaten opponents.

At times last season he played as a traditional left winger, filling in for the injured Kaoru Mitoma. He had a key role in Brighton’s winner at home to Liverpool in late March, with a whipped, low cross for Jack Hinshelwood, who squared the ball to Danny Welbeck. Likewise, a hard-hit Minteh cross from the left made a header for Welbeck away to Chelsea.

Iraola likes athletic players, particularly out wide, and the Gambia international was a favourite of Fabian Hurzeler’s partly because of his capacity to repeatedly sprint. Brighton lead the Premier League last term for final-third regains, and Minteh often led the press.