Hurzeler does not ´fear´ losing key players at Brighton - Soccer News

[ad_1] Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has expressed confidence amid ongoing switch hypothesis, saying he doesn't “really feel concern” about shedding key gamers this window regardless of sturdy curiosity in midfielder Carlos Baleba.

It has been reported that Manchester United and Manchester Metropolis have proven eager curiosity in Baleba, with Brighton setting a hefty asking worth of £103m (€120m) for the Cameroon worldwide, who joined from Lille in 2023.

Baleba has made 61 appearances for Brighton within the Premier League in two seasons, serving to them to eleventh and eighth-place finishes, respectively, with the membership narrowly lacking out on European qualification final time period.

Baleba has discovered the again of the web 3 times and assisted as soon as throughout his two seasons on the American Categorical Stadium.

Talking on the BBC’s Monday Night time Membership podcast, Hurzeler was requested if he feared shedding his greatest gamers, to which he responded: “No probability. I don’t really feel concern.

“I’m not afraid of something, as a result of the one factor we are able to do is be the perfect model we may be day-after-day, like work as arduous as we are able to.

“All the opposite issues we are able to’t affect, so we actually need to give attention to us. For positive, we are able to’t spend the cash like the massive groups, however one among our greatest values is togetherness. And should you keep collectively, if we attempt to push our limits and enhance the boundaries, then I’m positive we are able to compete with the massive groups.”

Brighton have been energetic within the switch market, signing Charalampos Kostoulas, Maxim De Cuyper, Italy worldwide Diego Coppola, and Tom Watson from Sunderland.

Though Baleba missed Brighton’s final pre-season pleasant in opposition to Wolfsburg resulting from a knee damage, he's anticipated to function of their Premier League opener in opposition to Fulham on August 16.

Hurzeler additionally commented on Brighton’s method to participant departures and the membership’s resilience: “We as a membership all the time discover options, and I’m positive sooner or later we are going to discover options. That’s our mannequin, now we have to simply accept it.”

Brighton have developed a fame in latest seasons for producing giant switch charges, with gamers like Moises Caicedo, Joao Pedro, and Marc Cucurella all transferring on for over £50m every.

Hurzeler emphasised that whereas the membership does promote gamers, they don't promote each key asset: “I believe that as a membership now we have proved we aren't solely promoting massive gamers.

“Now we have had affords for different gamers, massive affords for [Kaoru] Mitoma and different gamers. We proved that we aren't promoting each participant.

“After all, there have been some massive gamers who left the membership, however there are new gamers which can be coming into the membership. With the togetherness now we have, with the workforce chemistry now we have, we are able to compete with the massive groups, and we are able to compete with groups who could be individually higher than us.”