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PurpleSi

Imagine the scenes when Brighton pool all this transfer money and just straight out buy Everton


MegaMugabe21

Brighton only make sensible investments though?


PurpleSi

They then sell it to Chelsea for twice the price in 12 months time. Chelsea get a brand new riverside stadium out of it, but don't realise where it is until it's too late.


Aszneeee

I've been hearing about Chelsea new stadium for years, is there any change? last time I think Abramovic stopped due to some visa shit in UK?


BrianThatDude

Tbf most of their fans would never know the difference


cavestoryguy

Brighton usually make wise investments, so probably not.


haha_suh_dude

I was about to joke they’d buy Bellingham, but that is way funnier


soggycatfish

Subscribe.


IWantToBeAHipster

Would be very surprised, and disappointed, if we sold mid season given how we are doing. Id take 75m in the summer but right now any transfer fee has to be offset against likely performance revenue.


MegaMugabe21

Does seem odd to be open to selling him for any figure now, given that you have a golden opportunity to make European football for the first time ever. It won't be impossible next season, but you'd imagine Chelsea and Liverpool don't have two really poor seasons on the trot.


IWantToBeAHipster

From the Brighton journos the take is that we arent open to selling whatsoever, but the reality is if you come in with an exceptional offer over 80m i am sure there would come a point where you have to consider it


MegaMugabe21

Yeah that's fair enough. It's a fuck off price to be sure. Is there any indication he wants out from good Brighton sources?


IWantToBeAHipster

No. The club released a piece in which he says he is focused on Brighton, but of course its an official source hes hardly gonna say please help me get out.


MegaMugabe21

Would be an interesting business strategy. Yeah that's fair enough, knew about that piece but had heard reports he wanted out from crap sources and wondered if there was anything more substantial.


IWantToBeAHipster

My comment didnt age well...


MegaMugabe21

No, I can't believe Ben Jacobs got something right. That said, I'm not sure I see him going now unless us or Chelsea offer silly money, which isn't out of the question I suppose.


Heblas

What a ride


key5042

60 millions fixed damn he is worth more than i thought


DankBrownBoiV2

Why? He's played 26 PL games and he isn't flawless, his passing game still needs to improve. The price tag being higher is more due to it being mid season and Brighton being in the race for Europe.


rodenttt

Because he's a high class, very young midfielder in a January transfer window from a team that neither wants nor needs to sell.


Shandow14

What’s he good at? I haven’t watched him much


Krept_Konan

Very good all rounder. Box to box defensive minded


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Really good defensive intelligence and press resistance for a 21 year old. He can comfortably evade pressure in the first build up phase and can find clever forward passes/carry the ball well. But his ability to shut down opposition counter attacks makes him a rare breed, he can dominate the middle and defensive thirds. Him under arteta would be pretty scary really if he can develop his game


Shandow14

Sounds like Partey. He must be a more raw version where he slides in more and has less pass selection when compared to TP5? He can grow into those of course.


rodenttt

He's pretty good at football


hikingbeginner

But is he Benny Blanco "yeah obviously" level good?


16161hirose

Obviously


bash011

That bid lasted a long time, almost 40 minutes between the two reports


Bad0y

I imagine its like the bids I fat finger in career mode and offer £100 for a player and the opposing manager gets up in a strop and says how insulted they are by it


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Aszneeee

feels like any player under 100m is gonna be bargain, lol


rightbackatyaa

damn we are so lucky to have real time report from journalists, not even a second delay


HazardCinema

Actually a 40minute delay it seems


game-of-snow

I don't see this happening at all. Why would they sell him this late which will affect their performance when they are on course for European football right now.


ABCP3

Negotiations continue then. This is a non story, it was always going to happen.


rodenttt

> Negotiations continue then. Do they? > BHAFC insisting 21yo is not for sale.


Bedeeki

>BHAFC insisting 21yo is not for sale. That is exactly how negotiations work mate


TheGoldenPineapples

If clubs only ever bid for players that aren't for sale, then no player would literally ever get a transfer.


InPatRileyWeTrust

We all know that everyone at Brighton is for sale for the right price. I'd be shocked if somewhere around 75-90 doesn't get it done.


fap4jesus

was never getting accepted, i understand wanting to negotiate but wih 4 days left of the window, why start at such a low number? when chelsea already been quoted to at least 75m to make the offer look appealing


MegaMugabe21

Yeah I'm not really sure, maybe it was structured more favourably than Chelseas bid, but seems low. £70M would have made more sense.


Warum_

Brighton don’t come off their valuation, even if there is one bidder. They’ll just wait till they get it.


MegaMugabe21

Oh yeah I wouldn't really expect £70M to be accepted either tbf, but £60M was obviously being rejected out of hand.


Neuroxex

Because they're not expecting it to be accepted, they're trying to unsettle a player to help themselves down the line.


ibse

Ornstein saying we have considerable funds to strengthen this window. Think we'll end up offering the 75m, no clue if they'll accept.


Anons15

I wonder if this deal have Tavares included in it? Brighton were looking at him in the summer if I can remember


therock204

i really hope not.


RDenno

Why? Tavares is surplus atm


therock204

becuase i would love for mikel to evaluate if we can use him in the summer, and his current valuation will not be reflected in any transfer right now. his combination of pace, power and decent technicality is rare( now about that decision making...)


RDenno

Where would we possibly need him? Hes not better than zinchenko or tierney and even tomi can fill in at left back in the inverted role. Id rather cash in when his reputation is high


stella__art

Crazy that this guy lost 7-0 to Anderlecht last year


Menix333

Duh


allobiter

Arsenal inflating the market again. Sigh


16161hirose

Look who's talking


TheGoldenPineapples

There's a very slight chance they were joking, mate.


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Probably not a popular opinion but I'm not sure he's good enough for top team yet. I would be staying away at those prices and I'm sure that's what Brighton are hoping. Similar situation to Cucu, get fleeced for potential instead of the finished product.


therock204

you could be right, but i would just have had way more trust in this opinion if you werent a spurs fan...


icemankiller8

It was an opening offer always gonna be rejected I just hope we can get it done and get him to try and force the move.


rodenttt

> get him to try and force the move. Not very nice, this.


icemankiller8

Life isn’t nice


nullmove

>get him to try and force the move. No, fuck that. Change your flair to Barcelona if you like being an asshole that much.


icemankiller8

Mate it’ll always happen in football I just wanna benefit


nullmove

It's very short term benefit though. You do that once and you burn some serious bridges, your reputation takes serious hit. You will be hounded by rivals and media for few years to come. If you still think that's worth it, at least keep your desires private. Otherwise you give excuses to lot of other people wanting to slander our whole fanbase here.


icemankiller8

I just want to win the title, Liverpool tapped up VVD, Barca and Madrid do it all the time it happens


nullmove

Look at our team man. What we have done so far dwarfs Liverpool's title precisely because we have done everything the right way. And we can still win the title without doing shit like this. We have the money, either we pay asking price or find someone else. This guy was literally losing 7-0 in Belgian league a year ago. We should wait for Rice in the summer, get some stop gap loan now or some older/cheaper deal like Trossard for now. There should be plenty of such options. We are panicking and ruining summer plans here.


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Don’t bother with Caicedo and just get Onana. He’s cheaper to get and who knows how long Partey will get away from facing legal consequences


TheGoldenPineapples

I mean, Onana is good, but Caicedo is much better. That's like saying give up on Mbappe and pick up Morata.


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Yeah if we actually can get Caicedo I feel like we should but the thing is that I just don’t see Brighton giving him away in the winter. Onana meanwhile seems to be more obtainable and he’s also good. Maybe we would even have money for a successor to Cedric or something


lolowalsh

Why we have trash American owners compared to Arsenal, Chelsea ? I don't fucking get it. Are we Liverpool club cursed with owners or what ?


Giggsy99

Christ mate boohoo, how much have you been spending on Gakpo and the Uruguayan Andy Carroll, when a few years ago Arsenal's only first team signing was Petr Cech


Alstead17

Same owners that also broke the defender transfer record and basically brought in all the other major players in a champions league-winning side


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lolowalsh

Can't do anything when we have our local fanbase telling us we are not real fans just because we are not from Liverpool and we should go support City every time we say something bad about the owners. I applaud your fans for showing ambition though.


Neuroxex

They probably garnering more goodwill than Chelsea and Arsenal deliberately lowballing Brighton's players to try and unsettle them, at least. It's not a serious attempt at acquiring him.


Tiwaa

No shit.


tipp0

Love baiting Chelsea to get rinsed


Comrade-Conrad-4

He's not going unless Chelsea offer 80. Which is absolutely possibly in this timeline.