£7m winger set to link up with Newcastle United next summer grabs headline with solo strike

Newcastle United summer signing Yankuba Minteh continues to shine during his season-long loan spell at Feyenoord.

The 19-year-old winger joined the Magpies for £7million from Danish side Odense Boldklub in June before being loaned to the Dutch champions.

And his start to life in the Netherlands couldn’t have gone much better with Minteh netting his third goal of the campaign in Saturday’s 3-1 victory over Go Ahead Eagles. Minteh found space in the box and evaded the challenges of two players to produce a clever finish.

Newcastle are keeping a close eye on Minteh’s development and his form for Feyenoord will only strengthen his case of going into Eddie Howe’s first-team plans next season.

Speaking about the signing of Minteh, sporting director Dan Ashworth said: “We are very pleased to be bringing a player with Yankuba’s high potential to Newcastle United. “He has done extremely well in his first full season in Denmark, and he has a promising career ahead of him.

“We look forward to working with him in this exciting phase of his development, and we’re excited to see how he performs at Feyenoord, a club that also has a strong development record of its own.

“As well as supporting the first team with players for the here and now, we have a clear philosophy to invest in emerging talent and we want to provide a player pathway that will help to build and sustain long-term success.”

Minteh, whose manager at OB Andreas Alm handed Alexander Isak his debut at AIK in 2016, enjoyed an impressive breakthrough into senior football having scored four goals and provided six assists in 2022-23.

OB sporting director Bjorn Wesstrom revealed several clubs had enquired about Minteh before opting to join Newcastle.

“I have been in dialogue with a number of top clubs, but we don’t know how it will end,” he said. “There are always many rumours about a player who has the stats he has, and that is positive. We must have recruited him well.”