Minteh left for Brighton and Anderson for Nottingham Forest with Newcastle concerned breaking the Profit & Sustainability laws.
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“PSR was tight. It was very late, a lot of the things that happened, but it’s a great outcome,” Howe explained. “A great outcome but very sad to lose Yankuba and Elliot, two outstanding young players.
“I would’ve loved to have kept them - I think they are two outstanding young players and really disappointed to lose them both.
“But, I think we were backed into a corner. We were in a very difficult position. I think it was as good an outcome as we could have hoped for, but we were sad.”