Yankuba Minteh warning sent to Newcastle as Neville and Carragher release predictions

Speaking on Monday Night Football, both Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have predicted that Newcastle will finish outside of the top six with the former Liverpool captain believing we'll live to regret Yankuba Minteh's sale.

Neville does have us down as a 'European contender', but Carragher was leaning more towards ninth or 10th before naming Minteh as his 'player to watch' in the prediction section of last night's show on Sky Sports.

The Gambian shone on his Premier League debut for Brighton, grabbing an assist for their opening goal in Saturday's 3-0 win at Everton. We know it was a 'PSR deal' to avoid Newcastle suffering a points deduction, but it's a tough one to take when he looks exactly what we are currently missing on the right side of our attack.

Carragher on Newcastle: “They’re going to have to get the centre back over the line, especially with the suspension they got at the weekend.

“I love Newcastle, I love Eddie Howe if it was my choice he’d be the next England manager, but I think they’ll just miss out on the European positions like they did this year.”

Carragher on Yankuba Minteh: “I read a lot about him over the summer, or towards the end of last season about him coming back to Newcastle. They obviously moved him on because of the financial situation.

"When I look at what Newcastle have got on that right-hand side – Jacob Murphy has done a great job over the last few years, Almiron is a player I think they were trying to move on to the MLS, so I don’t know whether he’ll stay or not.

“But that lad [Minteh], certainly what I saw in little bits and in highlights last season, and what he did against Everton at the weekend – I think that is one that Newcastle are going to really rue in years to come. He looks the real deal.”

Carragher's top six: 1. Man City - 2. Arsenal - 3. Liverpool - 4. Spurs - 5. Man Utd - 6. Aston Villa

Neville's top six: 1. Arsenal - 2. Man City - 3. Man Utd - 4.Chelsea - 5. Liverpool - 6. Spurs

See Carragher and Neville's predictions in full below, followed by a 24-minute clip of this section of the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7kjps_yR4Y&t=175s