The Magpies are considering three different scenarios.
In a recent Q&A over The Athletic, Newcastle beat reporter Chris Waugh answered a few questions about the club and the season's home stretch.
A reader asked Waugh about what’s going to happen to Newcastle’s loaned-out Yankuba Minteh, who is spending the season at Dutch club Feyenoord after joining the Magpies organization a few months ago from Odense of the Danish Superliga.
Is Minteh expected to return or will he be loaned out again?
According to Waugh, Newcastle is currently considering three different options for the future of forward Yankuba Minteh.
Another loan to a European club, potentially back to Feyenoord, although Newcastle may consider it better for his development to move to another league.
He breaks into the first-team squad and gets opportunities next season, especially if Newcastle qualify for the Europa League/Europa Conference League.
Minteh is sold for a significant profit to aid with PSR, if an enticing offer arrives.
Waugh, however, thinks the decision is mostly going to be based on Eddie Howe’s meeting with Minteh once the season is over and he returns to the club when his loan deal runs out by the end of May.
“Before all that, though, Howe is keen to see Minteh during pre-season and assess what the winger’s level is,” Waugh wrote. “His own future may also be determined by Newcastle’s summer business.”
Following that return and the first preseason meetings and practices, both parties will have more than enough time to decide what to do next with a couple of months of summertime and a fresh transfer window ahead of them.
That, in fact, might be the key to what happens to the young winger next.
“If the club fail to sign another right-winger,” Waugh answered, “his chances of being involved on Tyneside in 2024–25 increase.”
Failing to bring someone and the potential sale of Miguel Almiron—who generated interest from Saudi clubs last winter—might force Howe’s hand into keeping Minteh around whether he likes it (he should!) or not.