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Football Manager 2024 predicts how the remainder of the summer transfer window could play out for Brighton.
It’s another new start for Brighton and Hove Albion as they put the finishing touches to their preparations for their first season under new head coach Fabian Hurzeler.
The former St Pauli boss was named as successor to Roberto Di Zerbi earlier this summer and has wasted little time in making changes to the squad he inherited from the Italian. New signings have arrived in the form of Newcastle United winger Yankuba Minteh, Feyenoord midfielder Mats Wieffer and Nordsjaelland youngster Ibrahim Osman. There have been departures with midfield duo Pascal Gross and Adam Lallana heading for pastures new.
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With just over three weeks remaining in the transfer window, Hurzeler’s squad is highly likely to be added to as the German looks to enjoy a productive first season in charge of the Seagulls. To get a prediction of how the remainder of the window could play out, we fired up Football Manager 2024 to see what incomings and outgoings the world’s most popular managerial simulation believes will come to pass at the Amex Stadium.
Goalkeepers
It was a case of one-in, one out in the Seagulls goalkeeping department. irstly, the outgoing came in the final week of the window as Bart Verbruggen was tempted away by a £12m offer from Saudi Pro League club Al-Etiffaq - although the main temptation may have come from an eye-watering £150,000-a-week wage offer. The Seagulls moved quickly to find a replacement as Lyon’s Brazilian goalkeeper Lucas Perri arrived in a £4m deal.
Hurzeler’s goalkeeping options: Steele, Rushworth, Perri
Defenders
There was one departure from the Seagulls defensive ranks as Joel Veltman joined Lille in a £2m and there was a highly significant arrival as Hurzeler won the race to land Sporting CP’s highly-rated centre-back Ousmane Diomande in a £46m deal. The likes of Liverpool, Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid were all keen on the talented defender but he will start the new season at the Amex Stadium - in the virtual world anyway! Full-back Javi Galan also joined from Atletico Madrid.
Hurzeler’s defensive options: Webster, Van Hecke, Igor, Dunk, Estupinan, Barco, Lamptey, Diomande, Galan.
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Midfielders
There were no new arrivals in the Seagulls midfield ranks but there were departures as Mahmoud Dahoud joined Union Berlin on loan and Jakub Moder was allowed to move to Lens in a £6m deal. That added to the real-life exits of Pascal Gross and Adam Lallana as they joined Borussia Dortmund and Southampton respectively.
Hurzeler’s midfield options: Wieffer, Baleba, Gilmour, Hinshelwood, Yalcouye, Milner.
Forwards
Now there were serious changes at the top end of the pitch and a number of major sales. The biggest sale came with the departure of Evan Ferguson to Chelsea as the Republic of Ireland star cost the Blues an initial £65m - although the deal could go above £80m with add-ons.
Elsewhere, Deniz Undav completed a £13m move to Ajax, Jeremy Sarmiento joined Everton in a £6m deal and a £29m offer from Spurs was enough to tempt to the Seagulls into the sale of Julio Enciso. Facundo Buonanotte also departed as he joined Sporting in a £6m move. There were new arrivals as Richarlison was brought in from Spurs in a £21m and Arsenal academy product Reiss Nelson was captured for a fee of £7m.
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Hurzeler’s forward options: Mitoma, Adingra, March, Minteh, Pedro, Welbeck, Nelson, Richarlison.
Ins
Minteh (£30m from Newcastle), Wieffer (£25m from Feyenoord), Osman (£14m from Nordsjaelland), Richarlison (£21m from Tottenham Hotspur), Galan (£15m from Atletico Madrid), Nelson (£7m from Arsenal), Diomande (£46m from Sporting CP), Perri (£4m from Lyon)
Outs
Gross (£4m to Borussia Dortmund), Lallana (free to Southampton), Moder (£6m to Lens), Buonanotte (£6m to Sporting CP), Dahoud (loan to Union Berlin), Undav (£13m to Ajax), Veltman (£2m to Lille), Sarmiento (£6m to Everton), Enciso (£29m to Tottenham Hotspur), Verbruggen (£12m to Al-Etiffaq), Ferguson (£65m to Chelsea)