Liverpool Pursue Sarr and Minteh in Late Transfer Window Shake-Up
Liverpool are trying to rip up their forward line in the final hours of the window – and they want two wingers to do it.
Journalist El-Hadji Loum reports that the club would love to bring in both Ismaila Sarr and Yankuba Minteh before Tuesday night’s deadline. The plan is bold. The numbers are brutal.
Liverpool are on the brink of confirming Bradley Barcola’s arrival from Paris Saint-Germain, a marquee summer deal that should be announced imminently. But Barcola is not expected to be the final new face through the door at Anfield.
The club are actively working on another winger before the 11pm cut-off tomorrow. That signing is key: it would unlock Cody Gakpo’s proposed £85m move to Premier League rivals Manchester City.
Gakpo had looked destined for Tottenham Hotspur earlier in the window. Then City arrived. Their late move changed the landscape and convinced the Dutchman that the Etihad, not north London, was where he wanted to go.
Sarr talks advanced – and he wants it
Talks with Crystal Palace over Sarr are well under way, according to Fabrizio Romano and other leading transfer reporters. GIVEMESPORT’s senior correspondent Ben Jacobs revealed on Sunday night that the Senegal international is actively pushing Palace to sanction a switch to Liverpool.
Jacobs adds that Liverpool are speaking to both Sarr and Minteh’s camps, but Sarr is currently viewed as the preferred option, even with Palace reluctant to lose him this late in the window.
Sarr would bring proven Premier League pace and directness. Liverpool know exactly what they are buying. Palace know exactly what they are losing. That is where the tension lies.
The Minteh question – and a huge bill
Even if Liverpool do get Sarr over the line, Loum claims the ideal scenario inside the club is to also land Brighton livewire Minteh before the window slams shut.
That’s where reality bites. Loum stresses that any double swoop depends entirely on budget. Liverpool have already seen a £60m offer turned down for Minteh, and signing both him and Sarr at this stage would push the overall outlay north of £100m.
For a club already committing big money to Barcola and potentially waving goodbye to Gakpo for £85m, it becomes a high-stakes calculation. Two wingers now, or one and wait?
Fixing a blunt attack
Liverpool’s urgency is easy to understand. They are coming off a disappointing 2025-26 campaign and have stumbled out of the blocks this season, opening the new Premier League campaign with draws against Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest.
The attack no longer carries the same inevitability it once did, particularly after the departure of Mohamed Salah. The aura has dimmed. The cutting edge has dulled.
Barcola, Sarr and Minteh would change the feel of that front line overnight. Three explosive, vertical runners, all capable of stretching defences, dragging full-backs into places they don’t want to go, and forcing centre-backs to turn and chase.
That chaos could open up lanes for the technicians behind them. More space for the likes of Florian Wirtz to thread passes. More gaps for a central striker such as Alexander Isak to attack. More broken-field moments where Liverpool have always thrived.
Minteh, in particular, has been catching the eye at Brighton. Senior sports writer Charlie Parker-Turner summed up his impact after a recent performance: “Great win. Kaoru Mitoma and Yankuba Minteh were simply unstoppable tonight. Georginio Rutter brings out the best in them both.”
That word – unstoppable – is exactly what Liverpool are trying to buy.
A title push built on pure speed?
The vision is clear. A front line loaded with pace, with Barcola on one flank, Sarr or Minteh (or both) on the other, and a rotating cast of forwards and creators feeding off the chaos.
It would give Andoni Iraola the kind of transition weapons his high-energy style demands. Wave after wave of runners. Full-backs pinned. Centre-halves constantly on the turn.
If Liverpool can find the money and close the deals in time, they won’t just look different. They’ll attack differently, at a tempo that can turn a stuttering start into a genuine title challenge.
The clock is ticking. The question now is simple: are Liverpool prepared to pay for the speed that could redefine their season?
