Liverpool’s talks with Brighton for Yankuba Minteh are “not progressing”.Sky Sports reports on X (formerly Twitter) that the Seagulls are holding out for £80m after rejecting the Reds’ latest £60m bid for the Gambian.The right-sided winger is expected to be out injured until October.Brighton’s valuation for Yankuba Minteh is insane(Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)The Reds may really want to add Minteh to their squad this summer, but the fact of the matter is that £80m for an injured footballer who had a solid, but far from incredible, 2025/26 season is insane.BREAKING: Liverpool’s talks with Brighton for Yankuba Minteh are not progressing as things stand. Brighton are holding out for £80m after rejecting two bids from Liverpool, the latest worth £60m pic.twitter.com/awks5gYuLR— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 26, 2026Look, we’re not naive; we know this isn’t simply Brighton being strong sellers, as they’ve proven historically with their excellent transfer strategy in the Premier League.Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustThis is a club fully taking advantage of the fact that Andoni Iraola’s men are desperate for a naturally right-sided winger at a time when we’re bursting at the seams with left-sided options.And credit to them. Why should our poor recruitment this summer get in the way of Brighton receiving a fee that they feel reflects the value of one of their top assets?It’s just disappointing that Liverpool have worked themselves into a corner where they’re now utterly reliant on Bradley Barcola and, potentially, a mystery additional winger being added in the window.Ibrahim Mbaye is still an option for Liverpool(Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)Liverpool are, we understand, considering alternative targets to bolster the right wing.However, we do think it’s worth emphasising that PSG’s Ibrahim Mbaye remains a viable option for our recruitment team this summer.Yes, we appear to have taken a step back from talks with the Senegal international, but if we were prepared to fork out £60m for Minteh, it’s believed that PSG would be prepared to accept a similar figure for the teenager.We appreciate that Liverpool are running into a similar problem of overpaying for a footballer beyond their internal valuations.But with six days until the window closes, we really need to see some progress made.More Stories / Latest NewsLiverpool have Ibrahim Mbaye clarity after important Sky Sports morning updateAugust 26, 2026 10:20David Ornstein cites ‘90%’ likelihood of Liverpool signing Bradley Barcola this weekAugust 25, 2026 17:00Talks collapsing: Liverpool could now miss out on top winger signingAugust 25, 2026 16:28The post Liverpool have Ibrahim Mbaye clarity after important Sky Sports morning update appeared first on The Empire of The Kop.