{"id":4327,"date":"2025-03-20T17:28:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzz7.info\/?p=4327"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:28:50","slug":"from-gambia-to-glory-yankuba-mintehs-rapid-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/?p=4327","title":{"rendered":"From Gambia to glory: Yankuba Minteh\u2019s rapid rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blistering pace, fearless dribbling, and relentless work rate, Brighton\u2019s Yankuba Minteh is the Premier League\u2019s next breakout star, writes Dylan Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for Soccermag, Dylan explains why \u201cThe Gambian Messi,\u201d Yankuba has taken the league by storm since his \u20ac35 million move from Newcastle United. At just 20, he has already proven himself as one of England\u2019s most electrifying young wingers, combining speed, power and attacking flair to torment defenders.<\/p>\n<p>His rise has been meteoric. From Steve Biko FC in The Gambia to Odense Boldklub in Denmark, his talent was undeniable. Newcastle snapped him up, but financial constraints led to Brighton seizing the opportunity. Now a key figure under Fabian H\u00fcrzeler, Yankuba has registered 10 goal contributions in 28 appearances.<\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"aswift_4_host\">With Premier League-best speed and a relentless pressing game, his ceiling is sky-high. While decision-making remains a work in progress, his trajectory points to stardom\u2014Brighton may have unearthed their next superstar.<\/div>\n<div>Source: The Standard Newspaper<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blistering pace, fearless dribbling, and relentless work rate, Brighton\u2019s Yankuba Minteh is the Premier League\u2019s next breakout star, writes Dylan Johnson. Writing for Soccermag, Dylan explains why \u201cThe Gambian Messi,\u201d Yankuba has taken the league by storm since his \u20ac35 million move from Newcastle United. At just 20, he has already proven himself as one [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4330,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4327\/revisions\/4330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buzz7.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}