Nigeria, Aug. 21 -- Liverpool have had a £50 million bid rejected for Yankuba Minteh, per David Ornstein

The kid has one crazy story, by the way.

Four years ago, he wasn't playing in Europe's top leagues. He was not even in FIFA Career Mode

He was just a teenager in Bakoteh, The Gambia, growing up in a cramped two-room home as one of seven children. His father worked as a hotel chef, his mother sold vegetables in the local market, and football for Yankuba Minteh was never about fame; it was the family's way out.

Minteh learned the game on red sandy pitches, where locals nicknamed him "Bakoteh Messi." He played for Steve Biko FC in the Gambian league before getting a life-changing trial with Danish club Odense BK.

The first tria...