NEWCASTLE CONFIDENTIAL: The truth about Elliot Anderson and buy-back clauses, latest on Alexander Isak's hamstring scare and what NUFC plan to do in January window
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Newcastle do NOT have buy-back clauses in the contracts of Elliot Anderson and Yankuba Minteh, Confidential can reveal. Anderson’s excellent form of late with third-placed Nottingham Forest has led fans to wonder whether Newcastle included a provision to buy back their academy graduate at a future date.
![[Minteh, centre, was sold to Brighton for £33m to help Newcastle satisfy PSR calculations]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/16/93919715-14267405-image-a-1_1736439144354.jpg)
However, we understand that no such clause exists, and nor does it in the deal that took Minteh to Brighton over the same weekend back in June. Newcastle were not negotiating from a position of strength in either transfer, given they needed to sell to avoid breaching Profit and Sustainability Rules, which would have led to a points deduction.
![[Anderson has been outstanding this season and it remains a regret he had to be sacrificed]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/16/93919879-14267405-image-a-3_1736439369399.jpg)
Indeed, while Anderson was sold for £35million, that was on the condition Newcastle paid around £20m for goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos to move in the opposite direction. Winger Minteh went to Brighton for £33m and, combined, the deals satisfied the PSR calculation.
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Anderson has been outstanding in recent weeks and a Premier League XI from the first half of the season - based on statistics and complied by Sky Sports - had the 22-year-old in its midfield. It remains a point of regret among staff and players that Anderson had to be sacrificed, and his performances at the City Ground have only intensified that sense of loss.
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Newcastle do not have buy-back clauses for Elliot Anderson, pictured, and Yankuba Minteh. Minteh, centre, was sold to Brighton for £33m to help Newcastle satisfy PSR calculations. Anderson has been outstanding this season and it remains a regret he had to be sacrificed.
![[The hamstring issue Alexander Isak felt at Arsenal will not keep him out of next week's games]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/16/93920543-14267405-image-a-6_1736439906775.jpg)
