Yes I hope so. Cause if we don't then we've spent a second successive summer chasing a player who never really wanted to come here and we've now ended up with nobody (or another welbeck-esque panic deal) which would be an absolute farce. But as you say, keep the faith.
https://theathletic.com/news/brighton-closing-in-on-signing-of-senegal-international-forward-abdallah-sima/QZ3YCMxEP8mF
"Sima is seen by the club as a long-term prospect, rather than an immediate option for head coach Graham Potter in the Premier League"
This guy was starting regularly in the Europa League last season, scored against Leicester and a whole plethora of top clubs have been linked. Highly doubt he's for the u23s
I'd usually agree but this is such a complex deal I'm not so sure. He returned sooner than expected from injury, and before that we were more than happy to sign him even though he was injured, so they probably don't need to protect him for a sale.
We also know they aren't desperate to sell...
We had two CMs covering both the wingback places today. We had absolutely no pace anywhere on the pitch. If we actually want to push on from 16th, new signings are a must. Simple as. Not my money, I know, but it's just blindingly obvious.
Maybe, I dunno. To me it just seems like us bringing in a club-record signing like Núñez and letting a fringe player go like Andone aren't really that intertwined with eachother.
As much as I'd like to believe this, in 2019 we shipped Andone off without a replacement, and since then we've lost Murray but added Zeqiri and Welbeck, as well as Connolly coming onto the fold. So although we know the club are probably working on bringing a new forward in, I don't think that...
That is of course assuming that benfica are in the same negotiating position as us. He was our best young prospect, he'd just been part of the Euros 2nd place squad, he'd had a great season,his nationality goes towards meeting PL quotas, thereby increasing the price and we have someone willing...