Liverpool's Strategy for Life After Salah: Targeting Minteh and Nusa
Liverpool’s future without Mohamed Salah is no longer just a theory on a tactics board. It is starting to take shape in the market.
Brighton have put an £80million price tag on Yankuba Minteh, with Andoni Iraola’s side weighing up a move as Liverpool assess the 21-year-old as a potential heir to Salah’s right-wing throne. The Seagulls, according to TEAMtalk, are benchmarking the winger market against Anthony Gordon’s move to Barcelona, using that deal as a measuring stick for Minteh’s value.
Brighton’s stance is clear: if you want one of the most explosive young wide players around, you will have to pay at the very top end of the scale. Liverpool know that reality better than most. The question is whether they see Minteh as the man to carry the burden of replacing one of the Premier League’s most devastating forwards of the last decade.
Nusa at the centre of a five-club tug-of-war
While Liverpool weigh up Minteh, another young wide attacker is driving a scramble of his own.
Antonio Nusa, fresh from catching the eye during Norway’s World Cup campaign, has become one of the most talked-about names of the summer. The 21-year-old RB Leipzig winger, rated at around €50m, is at the heart of a five-team Premier League chase, per TEAMtalk.
Arsenal and Tottenham have both stepped forward, attracted by his blend of pace and composure in the final third. They are not alone. Aston Villa, Newcastle United and Crystal Palace are all monitoring developments, ready to move if the opportunity opens up.
One player, five clubs, and a World Cup breakout behind him. Nusa’s next step could reshape more than one club’s attacking plans.
Real Madrid shut the door on Carreras
Not every Premier League enquiry is being met with encouragement.
Real Madrid have turned away interest from Chelsea and Manchester United in Alvaro Carreras. The Spanish giants want to keep the left-back in their group, even after Marc Cucurella’s arrival from Chelsea.
Fabrizio Romano reports that approaches from England have been rebuffed. Madrid’s message is simple: Cucurella’s signing does not mean Carreras is available. For Chelsea and United, both still tweaking their defensive options, that shuts off one potential avenue before it truly opened.
United turn to Ryerson after rebuff
Manchester United have not walked away from the German market, though.
They have opened contact with Borussia Dortmund defender Julian Ryerson, BILD report, as they look to add energy and creativity from deep. Fresh from a remarkable return of 15 assists in the Bundesliga last season, the Norwegian has forced his way onto United’s radar.
Dortmund value him at around €30m. For a club trying to rebuild with smarter, more targeted business, Ryerson offers something rare: a full-back with the numbers of a playmaker and the engine to match.
Newcastle’s reset gathers pace
Up on Tyneside, the rebuild is moving at full speed.
Newcastle’s squad is being stripped of big names, and Eddie Howe’s response has been to lean hard into the Next-Gen market. A €60m deal has been agreed for Swiss starlet Johan Manzambi, who is set for St James’ Park after an impressive World Cup campaign.
It is a bold fee for a player still at the start of his journey, but that is the direction of travel at Newcastle now: younger, hungrier, with resale value and upside.
From Liverpool’s search for a Salah successor to the scramble for Nusa and the quiet battles over Ryerson and Carreras, one theme runs through this window. Clubs are no longer just shopping for the present. They are trying to buy their next era before someone else does.
