[Albion] Brighton First Team Squad Loans and Contracts

[chaileyjem]

Inspired by the Mac contract news and the rather good summer/January window transfer thread but useful all year round i think so here it is bumped. Here's a current up to date (i think )
List of players, and contract status (i think accurate from news reports / wiki etc) . . This is the first team squad only and only players that have been included in first team squads this season.
PS: Thanks to @Blue Valkyrie who put in a lot of hard yards keeping this list updated in the summer.

u21s: Players born on or after 1 January 2001.
HGP - Home Grown Player -see below. Each squad contains no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the "HGP Player" (HGP) criteria. The rest of the squad, up to a total of 25 players, must be "HGP".

1. Sanchez ( HGP ) (2025)
2. Steele ( HGP ) (2023)
3. McGill (HGP) (2023)
4. Lamptey (HGP) (2025)
5. Estupinan (2027)
6. March ( HGP ) (2024 + option)
7. Veltman (2023 + option)
8. Webster ( HGP ) ( 2026)
9. Dunk ( HGP ) (2025)
U21. Colwill (1 year loan)
U21 Turns (2024)
10. van Hecke (2023)
**Mwepu (2025)** retired
U21. Caicedo ( 2025)
11. Moder (2025)
U21. Gilmour (2026)
12. Lallana ( HGP ) (2023)
13. Groß (2024)
14. Mac Allister (2025 + 1 year option)
U21. Sarmiento (2026)
15. Trossard (2023 + 1 year option)
16. Mitoma (2025)
U21. Enciso (2026)
17. Welbeck ( HGP ) (2024)
18. Undav (2026)
U21. Ferguson (2026)

Loans out Summer 2022 ( maximum 8 to overseas clubs ): Adingra (2026/ RUSG), Rushworth (2025/Lincoln), Roberts(2023?/Derby), Sima (2025/Angers), Connolly (2024/Venezia), Richards (2024/QPR), Khadra (2023?/Sheffield Utd), Jenks (Crawley Town), Leonard (Northampton Town), Weir (Morecambe), Zeqiri (2024/FC Basel), Karbownik (2024/Fortuna Dusseldorf), Duffy (2023/Fulham), Scherpen (2025/Vitesse Arnhem), Tolaj (Salford), Koslowski (2026/Vitesse Arnhem) Alzate (2024/Standard Liege)
Players bought Summer 2022: Enciso (2026), Adingra (2026), Colwill (LOAN), Estupinan (2027), Gilmour (2026)
Players sold in Summer 2022 Window: Bissouma ( Spurs ), Cochrane ( Hearts ), Østigård ( Napoli ), Cucurella ( Chelsea ), Clarke ( Middlesbrough ), Maupay ( Everton ), Andone ( Free Agent )

HGP - A "Home-Grown Player" means a player who, irrespective of nationality or age, has been registered with any club affiliated to The Football Association or the Football Association of Wales for a period, continuous or not, of three entire seasons, or 36 months, before his 21st birthday (or the end of the season during which he turns 21).

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

On the subjects of contracts, does anyone know what’s happened to @AZ Gull?

Miss his useful contributions.

 

[macbeth]

Interesting. doesn't this mean that enciso will eventually count as homegrown, with him being 18 now, 19 in january, 20 next season, and 21 in his third season?

 

[chaileyjem]

On the subjects of contracts, does anyone know what’s happened to @AZ Gull?

Miss his useful contributions.

Still runs this very useful Twitter account https://twitter.com/seagullsacademy?s=21&t=-K4sRYOf6XPcPI7hFCfHoA

 

[chaileyjem]

Perhaps time for a January squad/transfers thread already. But here's the squad with the addition of our new 17 year old Argentinian wonderkid.

u21s: Players born on or after 1 January 2001.
HGP - Home Grown Player -see below. Each squad contains no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the "HGP Player" (HGP) criteria. The rest of the squad, up to a total of 25 players, must be "HGP".

1. Sanchez ( HGP ) (2025)
2. Steele ( HGP ) (2023)
3. McGill (HGP) (2023)
4. Lamptey (HGP) (2025)
5. Estupinan (2027)
6. March ( HGP ) (2024 + option)
7. Veltman (2023 + option)
8. Webster ( HGP ) ( 2026)
9. Dunk ( HGP ) (2025)
U21. Colwill (1 year loan)
U21 Turns (2024)
10. van Hecke (2023)
**Mwepu (2025)** retired
U21. Caicedo ( 2025)
11. Moder (2025)
U21. Gilmour (2026)
12. Lallana ( HGP ) (2023)
13. Groß (2024)
14. Mac Allister (2025 + 1 year option)
U21. Sarmiento (2026)
u21 Buonanotte (2026 + 1 year option) *joins Jan 2023
15. Trossard (2023 + 1 year option)
16. Mitoma (2025)
U21. Enciso (2026)
17. Welbeck ( HGP ) (2024)
18. Undav (2026)
U21. Ferguson (2026)

Loans out Summer 2022 ( maximum 8 to overseas clubs ): Adingra (2026/ RUSG), Rushworth (2025/Lincoln), Roberts(2023?/Derby), Sima (2025/Angers), Connolly (2024/Venezia), Richards (2024/QPR), Khadra (2023?/Sheffield Utd), Jenks (Crawley Town), Leonard (Northampton Town), Weir (Morecambe), Zeqiri (2024/FC Basel), Karbownik (2024/Fortuna Dusseldorf), Duffy (2023/Fulham), Scherpen (2025/Vitesse Arnhem), Tolaj (Salford), Koslowski (2026/Vitesse Arnhem) Alzate (2024/Standard Liege)
Players bought Summer 2022: Enciso (2026), Adingra (2026), Colwill (LOAN), Estupinan (2027), Gilmour (2026)
Players sold in Summer 2022 Window: Bissouma ( Spurs ), Cochrane ( Hearts ), Østigård ( Napoli ), Cucurella ( Chelsea ), Clarke ( Middlesbrough ), Maupay ( Everton ), Andone ( Free Agent )

 

[sparkie]

There is a vague, unsubstantiated rumour of Undav to Burnley (loan) in January.

Kompany knows him from managing in Belgium of course.

 

[chaileyjem]

There is a vague, unsubstantiated rumour of Undav to Burnley (loan) in January.

Kompany knows him from managing in Belgium of course.

Yep. Very vague . Apart from a couple of people mentioning it on here. I've not seen this anywhere. Might well have started on here !

 

[Wardy's twin]

Were we the only team interested in Undav?

 

[Springal]

Were we the only team interested in Undav?

I’m going to say yes.

 

[macbeth]

Were we the only team interested in Undav?

nope several bundesliga sides too if I remember correctly

 

[Perkino]

There is a vague, unsubstantiated rumour of Undav to Burnley (loan) in January.

Kompany knows him from managing in Belgium of course.

If we have decided already that Undav isn't going to make the grade then the most obvious place for a loan is USG, they play Champions League football and are competing at the top of the league

 

[Ali_rrr]

If we have decided already that Undav isn't going to make the grade then the most obvious place for a loan is USG, they play Champions League football and are competing at the top of the league

Not possible sadly due to the 8-loan maximum abroad rule.


I wonder if Lallana will retire at the end of this season and take a coaching role...

 

[Springal]

Not possible sadly due to the 8-loan maximum abroad rule.


I wonder if Lallana will retire at the end of this season and take a coaching role...

Given he’s started every (?) game under RDZ why would he retire at the age of 34?

 

[Ali_rrr]

Given he’s started every (?) game under RDZ why would he retire at the age of 34?

Because he'll be 35 and out of contract? He's started 3 of the 6. He clearly has an interest in coaching. Not suggesting he will, but you surely can see reasons why he might?

 

[Springal]

Because he'll be 35 and out of contract? He's started 3 of the 6. He clearly has an interest in coaching. Not suggesting he will, but you surely can see reasons why he might?

I thought we had an extra year. Hope he stays on as this squad lacks leaders

 

[Ali_rrr]

I thought we had an extra year. Hope he stays on as this squad lacks leaders

Basing this on @chaileyjem's post above:

12. Lallana ( HGP ) (2023)


You could be right, however. If that is the case, then I would suspect he will continue.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

If we have decided already that Undav isn't going to make the grade then the most obvious place for a loan is USG, they play Champions League football and are competing at the top of the league

We bought im from USG didn't we? If he's going to go on loan hopefully it'll be to get him prem league ready so going back to where we got him from wouldn't be of much help. I'd rather the Burnley loan mentioned above or another championship club. Get him used to the speed and physicality of English football.

 

[chaileyjem]

I thought we had an extra year. Hope he stays on as this squad lacks leaders

He signed a 3 year contract in July 2020. Wouldn't be a surprise if he was offered an extra year. RDZ seems to rate him and picks him. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53560889

 

[JBizzle]

I’m going to say yes.

Harsh, given how many goals he scored for USG last year and the only game he's played in (for any significant period) he scored against FGR. He clearly has something about him but adapting to the PL is notoriously hard

 

[Springal]

Harsh, given how many goals he scored for USG last year and the only game he's played in (for any significant period) he scored against FGR. He clearly has something about him but adapting to the PL is notoriously hard

Same as Ali J & Locadia then. Like I’ve always said I’m a bit uncomfortable about us signing USG players especially without seemingly much competition.

To use a Chelsea argument analogy - how many strikers are there in the world and why did we sign one from our chairman’s other club?