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[Albion] Sounds like we were close to signing Hummels



Bozza

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Hürzeler: "The figures of Mats Hummels were very, very good. Top 10 of all central defenders worldwide. Accordingly, of course, we were interested, and there were conversations. Tony was also totally convinced because of the data.”

Interesting: Hürzeler was discovered in his youth at his home club Helios-Daglfing in Munich by Hummels' father Hermann, who brought him to FC Bayern at the age of eleven and advises Mats today. Hermann Hummels was even on site for talks in Brighton. According to SPORT BILD-Infos, the ex-BVB professional, who was free of charge, even completed his medical check for Brighton in Munich. However, there was no change, instead he moved to AS Rome a few days later.

Hürzeler: "If you get a winning guy like Mats, you have to see who you take out of your system to maintain the structure of the team, that was not possible in the short time."

 




jcdenton08

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This is us, scrappy little underdog Brighton, turning down 5 times Bundesliga, World Cup Winner and World Cup Defender of the Tournament Mats Hummels… so he had to settle for AS Roma…

Absolutely mental times we’re living in.
 






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Iggle Piggle

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Reading between the lines, the conversation seems to have been "We'd have to drop or sell Dunk or JPVH" and they didn't seem to want to.

It would have been all to easy to get him in and upset the balance of the team. Equally, we could all be having a right moan if Igor hadn't come good at CB. It never ceases to amaze me how good our decision making process is.
 


Iggle Piggle

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Hummels just started for Roma against Spurs

Just given away a penalty in the first 4 minutes.
 






DJ NOBO

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This is us, scrappy little underdog Brighton, turning down 5 times Bundesliga, World Cup Winner and World Cup Defender of the Tournament Mats Hummels… so he had to settle for AS Roma…

Absolutely mental times we’re living in.
We dodged a bullet. It would have been Frank Stapleton all over again.
 


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Somehow he’s had a worse start against Spurs than we managed
 










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He's not fit.

Did we dodge a bullet?
 








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