Newcastle United are 'so close' to reaching an agreement to sign Yankuba Minteh from Odense Boldklub.
That is according to Bjorn Wesstrom, Odense's director of football, who was the first to publicly reveal that the Danish side were in 'close negotiations' with an unnamed foreign club on Friday morning. The mystery club, of course, is understood to be Newcastle, who have been tracking Minteh's development for several months now.
Negotiations are so advanced that Odense have taken the decision to leave Minteh out of the squad for Saturday's clash against FC Midtjylland. Although it is a huge game for OB, who are playing for a place in Europe, the club have also had to balance the risk that the highly-rated winger could pick up an injury.
