Newcastle United are closing in on the signing of highly-rated winger Yankuba Minteh from Odense Boldklub.
Odense have confirmed that the Danish outfit have been in 'close negotiations' with an unnamed foreign club, which is understood to be Newcastle, about the 18-year-old for a 'long time'. Those talks are now so advanced that Minteh will be left out of Odense's squad when De Stribede face FC Midtjylland on Saturday as Bjorn Wesstrom, the club's director of football, revealed.
"It is a difficult decision, but with the risks and opportunities in this case, I have concluded that it is overall the best decision for OB that he sit out the match against FC Midtjylland," he said.
