Yankuba Minteh (now playing for Brighton & Hove Albion)

[The College Dropout]

In the position we were in it wasn’t a mistake. We sold him knowing he has the ability to go up levels.  
 

The mistake was not selling others earlier.  The mistake was not doing financial workarounds earlier. 

[Rich]

2 hours ago, Fezzle said:

This thread will be bumped by the same dullards every time he does anything isnt it? Owt to have some ammo against the club, let it go man

 

Hoping it has the same trajectory as the ASM one did.

[timeEd32]

For his value to go meaningfully higher (like north of £50m) he's going to have to be very, very good / productive. For now I am coping by assuming that won't happen.

[KaKa]

2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

The mistake was not selling others earlier.  The mistake was not doing financial workarounds earlier. 

 

Really hope and think Mitchell helps out with this.

 

Howe seems to like to have his experienced pros around, which is important, but we can't really overdo it, and I think he might lean that way.

 

There was even talk Dummet and Ritchie would have stayed had we made Europe!

 

 

[TRon]

1 hour ago, The College Dropout said:

In the position we were in it wasn’t a mistake. We sold him knowing he has the ability to go up levels.  
 

The mistake was not selling others earlier.  The mistake was not doing financial workarounds earlier. 

 

Tbf we tried to sell Almiron in January, but he wanted to stay. One of the trade offs of keeping players reluctant to move on the books turned out to be having to sell Anderson and Minteh instead.

 

 

[The College Dropout]

The Cozier Duberry scored a couple too. 

[The Prophet]

5 hours ago, Fezzle said:

This thread will be bumped by the same dullards every time he does anything isnt it? Owt to have some ammo against the club, let it go man

 

Hey now.

[80]

11 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

The Cozier Duberry scored a couple too. 

You're rubbing it in now.

[Andy]

Nice goal but I'll save shitting the bed for when he does it in the Premier League. Literally seen Haris Vukic look like a better version of Zidane in pre season

[Superior Acuña]

He’s going to score against us in May, a major blow to our CL hopes, and do an Adebeyor celebration 

[gbandit]

Could see him headbutting Eddie and screaming “you could have given me a pre-season at least, you rank slut” after being subbed off after 30 mins 

[Heyzeus scrogg]

It doesn't matter now we had to flogg 

It was as simple as that so sttfu 

 

 

Edited July 24, 2024 by Heyzeus scrogg

[Dr Jinx]

On 24/07/2024 at 15:54, The College Dropout said:

In the position we were in it wasn’t a mistake. We sold him knowing he has the ability to go up levels.  
 

The mistake was not selling others earlier.  The mistake was not doing financial workarounds earlier. 

Isn’t this essentially why Staveley has moved on?

[TheBrownBottle]

If you go back to the start of the thread, most folks on here seemed to be aware that Minteh was likely being signed to sell on for FFP profit.  He served his purpose even quicker than might have been anticipated.

 

Let it go lads. 

[HawK]

This must be how Chelsea fans felt when we got Hall off them

[Unbelievable]

1 minute ago, TheBrownBottle said:

If you go back to the start of the thread, most folks on here seemed to be aware that Minteh was likely being signed to sell on for FFP profit.  He served his purpose even quicker than might have been anticipated.

 

Let it go lads. 

Going off the first page skimming I did this seems fabricated. People realised he wasn't going to be ready for first team football at PL level, hence one for the future, but it certainly wasn't a case of people assuming he was bought with the specific intention to be flipped for a profit.

 

As with any young player you can never really be certain how they will develop, so chances are they will never see the first team and be sold or let go. I'm with TCD on that it can never have been a pre-set plan to flip such a young, unproven player for 4 times their initial fee inside a year. That's just not how football works or everybody would be doing it if it was that simple.

 

The reality of the situation, whether we like it or not, is we spotted an exceptional young player who developed really well on loan and who attracted interest from rival PL clubs as well as renowned clubs from abroad with an eye for talent, like Dortmund and Lyon. He could have been blooded into our team this pre-season and if continued to develop well, become a mainstay in our team in a position where we've not had an undisputed starter for over a decade. Sadly however, we had to let him go because we had got ourselves into a PSR mess. An understandable decision all things considered, but certainly not a pre-meditated one.

[The College Dropout]

Fully agreed. 

[Kanj]

2 hours ago, Unbelievable said:

Going off the first page skimming I did this seems fabricated. People realised he wasn't going to be ready for first team football at PL level, hence one for the future, but it certainly wasn't a case of people assuming he was bought with the specific intention to be flipped for a profit.

 

As with any young player you can never really be certain how they will develop, so chances are they will never see the first team and be sold or let go. I'm with TCD on that it can never have been a pre-set plan to flip such a young, unproven player for 4 times their initial fee inside a year. That's just not how football works or everybody would be doing it if it was that simple.

 

The reality of the situation, whether we like it or not, is we spotted an exceptional young player who developed really well on loan and who attracted interest from rival PL clubs as well as renowned clubs from abroad with an eye for talent, like Dortmund and Lyon. He could have been blooded into our team this pre-season and if continued to develop well, become a mainstay in our team in a position where we've not had an undisputed starter for over a decade. Sadly however, we had to let him go because we had got ourselves into a PSR mess. An understandable decision all things considered, but certainly not a pre-meditated one.

Very much a “shit happens” and had to deal with it problem. This happens in football. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

But that’s why these signings are made. Take a risk on someone, if they do well you have the option to play them or make a swift profit. 
 

Obviously if no player sales at all were required, he would just be kept. But assuming we have to sell a player sometimes, these are the players designed to sell. 

 

 

Edited July 26, 2024 by AyeDubbleYoo

[Unbelievable]

3 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

But that’s why these signings are made. Take a risk on someone, if they do well you have the option to play them or make a swift profit. 
 

Obviously if no player sales at all were required, he would just be kept. But assuming we have to sell a player sometimes, these are the players designed to sell. 

 

 

 

Buying young players in the hope they develop and make the first team, or else improve in value and be flogged on for a profit, is nothing new though, is it? And certainly not PSR related per se, as it existed long before that nonsense was introduced.

[El Prontonise]

2 minutes ago, Unbelievable said:

Buying young players in the hope they develop and make the first team, or else improve in value and be flogged on for a profit, is nothing new though, is it? And certainly not PSR related per se, as it existed long before that nonsense was introduced.

 

Exactly, it's existed for ages but happening more and more often now.

[andycap]

If he'd of stayed he'd be a much better option than miggy and Murphy for the right flank. 

Hopefully we have our main target decided by now, so it's just about the money and contract stage. 

[Groundhog63]

Meet cockney geezer, Big Davey Cockles. 

Locked himself in his landing cupboard in 2016 when Mo Salah left Chelsea on loan and hasn't come out since. His wife tells reporters "he's got a little telly in there and everytime Mo scores a goal we can hear a loud cry. It's heartbreaking. I have to feed him jellied eels through that hatch" 

 

[TBG]

Who had/has the most potential 

 

20yr old Mineth, or 20yr old Mbappe?

[Nine]

9 minutes ago, andycap said:

If he'd of stayed he'd be a much better option than miggy and Murphy for the right flank. 

Hopefully we have our main target decided by now, so it's just about the money and contract stage. 

Hes had one season in the Dutch league? How have you come to the conclusion he’d be better than both of them?