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Newcastle ease PSR worries by agreeing £33m Yankuba Minteh sale to Brighton
Saudi Arabia-owned club also see the departure of Elliot Anderson while admitting that balancing the books is still likely to be tight
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Newcastle United appear have eased their profit and sustainability rules (PSR) worries with the sale of Yankuba Minteh to Brighton and Hove Albion for £33 million.
The size of the fee should mean Newcastle are compliant with PSR rules but sources told Telegraph Sport on Saturday they were still working on one more potential outgoing and it is likely to still be extremely tight in terms of balancing the books.
It was thought that could be midfielder Elliot Anderson in a swap deal for Nottingham Forest winger Anthony Elanga but the midlands club were more interested in the 19-year-old Minteh and have said they wanted to keep the former Manchester United prospect.
And late on Saturday night it was confirmed that Newcastle had indeed sold Anderson to Nottingham Forest.
The St James’ Park club were reluctantly forced to accept a bid for the 21-year-old in order to make sure they were compliant with PSR rules even though manager Eddie Howe did not want to lose the player.
Anderson has agreed to make the move and a medical is scheduled to take place in the next 24 hours
The sale of Minteh to Brighton was part of a manic few days at St James’ Park who were forced to contemplate the sale of one of their Crown Jewels over the past few days as the Gambia international rejected a £40 million move to Lyon.
There is still some concern that winger Anthony Gordon is wanted by Liverpool, the club he supported as a boy, while Chelsea are still sniffing around striker Alexander Isak.
But there is a more relaxed mood behind the scenes after the sale of Minteh. The player was signed for between £6-8 million last summer and so Newcastle have made a huge profit on the deal.
Telegraph Sport revealed that Newcastle were looking to sell the player who impressed on loan at Feyenoord last season.