Questions answered on Brighton's Yankuba Minteh

But what are they getting for their money with Yankuba Minteh?

The Gambia international represents a sizeable outlay by Seagulls standards, even at a potential bargain £30 million.

But it is also an opportunist strike with Toon keen to do business to meet PSR targets.

Minteh shone on loan at Feyenoord last season and Albion staff had kept an eye on him for some time.

Scott Wilson, of Newsquest title The Northern Echo, gives the Tyneside perspective as Minteh settles into life in Sussex.

What to expect of Yankuba Minteh as a player?

It’s an interesting one because Newcastle fans haven’t seen anything of him at all given that he spent the whole of last season on loan at Feyenoord.

Over there, playing under new Liverpool boss Arne Slot, he was mainly used as a wide attacker, often in a front three.

He looks direct, pacy and technically good - attributes that should stand him in good stead if Brighton continue to play in the same kind of style they generally displayed under Roberto De Zerbi.

He’ has got a goal in him, although it will be interesting to see how easily his form from the Eredivisie transfers across to the Premier League.

Was he expected to feature for Newcastle this season?

Had he stayed, he would definitely have been part of Newcastle’s first-team squad.

At the end of last season, the feeling was that Eddie Howe would have a good look at him in pre-season and then decide just how involved he would be next term.

Obviously, that changed once the scale of Newcastle’s PSR deficit became clear.

While fans are disappointed to have lost Minteh without having had a chance to see him play, I think there’s an acceptance that selling a player who wasn’t part of last season’s first-team squad is preferable to having to cash in on an Alexander Isak or a Bruno Guimaraes.

Is he considered ready for the Premier League?

I think so. The noises coming out of the Netherlands last season were hugely positive, with Minteh getting experience in the Champions League as well as the Dutch domestic league.

Howe was talking him up towards the end of last season, and had things been different financially, I’m pretty certain Minteh would have been playing in the Premier League for Newcastle.

Is he a big loss at Newcastle?

Not really - but that’s only because he’s never actually been part of a first-team squad for the club.

Like I said earlier, there’s a sense of disappointment that a talented young player won’t get the chance to prove himself with Newcastle, and I guess more serious questions will be asked about the decision to sell to Brighton if he goes on to become a real superstar in the future.

For now, though, I think Newcastle fans are just relieved that one of the real big guns didn’t leave at the end of last month, when it became clear that Newcastle had to raise funds to avoid a points penalty next season.

Any unusual background as to how Newcastle got him?

He came in at a time when Newcastle were shifting their focus towards trying to recruit young players from overseas who could be developed and improved within their academy and first-team set-ups.

Some deals haven’t worked out - for example an Australian youngster, Garang Kuol, was touted as a potential star but hasn’t kicked on as planned in a series of loan deals.

But the way Minteh developed at Feyenoord was being held up as an example of how the plan can work.

He joined Newcastle from Danish side Odense for an initial fee of about €5m, having moved to Denmark from his native Gambia as a teenager.