[Albion] ‘Brighton got our best young player and we got nothing’ (The Times)

[Wozza]

By Henry Winter
Non-League Basingstoke Town deemed too small to receive any compensation for losing gifted teenager Brody Peart to Premier League club

One night in 2021, the academy manager at Basingstoke Town, Aaron Nicholson, walked up to their first-team manager, Dan Brownlie, before training and confided: “We’ve got one here.” The “one” was Brody Peart, a gifted winger now with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Peart had been connected to the non-League club since he was two, developed under their shrewd coaching, made his debut at 16 last year and was taken by Brighton in July, shortly after his schooling finished.

Brighton’s fêted scouting and recruitment department had struck again, and under Premier League rules they did not have to give Basingstoke anything, not even a bag of balls. The Southern League Premier South club emphasise they have “no issue” with Brighton, just with the system...

Edit:

The club nicknamed the Seagulls are no vultures, of course. Brighton have a good reputation for recruiting fairly, and very well, and point to being restricted by the Premier League rules. “We’ve spoken to Brighton who’ve claimed they’ve exhausted every angle to provide something,” Brownlie says. “Brighton have to follow the rules. My complaint is with the rule.”

Full story: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brighton-got-our-best-young-player-and-we-got-nothing-sn0x39sn8

He sounds great, btw...

"Brighton now have an 18-year-old better than some of what they have. Brody’s the way football’s going: he’s the quickest thing on two legs, 6ft 2in, an inverted winger, he has physical strength and the winning mentality."

 

[Springal]

Coached him since he was 2 ?

 

[Giraffe]

I like the sounds of him but agree it's unfair that they get nothing. Even £50k for a club at that level would make a big difference.

 

[nicko31]

I like the sounds of him but agree it's unfair that they get nothing. Even £50k for a club at that level would make a big difference.

And they're a club that have been in a lot of financial bother

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

I don't feel good about taking a player from a club like that for nothing.

Surely with the money we are bringing in we could afford some kind of financial transaction to help a small club financially for losing a young talent.

Grassroots football clubs should be supported when possible.

 

[Wozza]

Coached him since he was 2 ?

Connected since the age of two.

"His auntie is our [fixture] secretary, his nan’s on the board, his grandad is our kitman, his mum and dad are fans and Brody was a mascot at two. "

 

[attila]

Please, Barber et al, do the right thing. You know it's the right thing, so even if you don't have to, recognise the contribution Basingstoke have made to the player's development and reward them in proportion to the rewards we receive when a player moves on from us. It would be a drop in the ocean. We justifiably have a reputation for doing things differently - let's set an example once again.

Can someone please post the whole article?

 

[GT49er]

I like the sounds of him but agree it's unfair that they get nothing. Even £50k for a club at that level would make a big difference.

Couldn't we sponsor their away shirts or something for £20K or so? Or buy their clubhouse and sell it back to them cheap?

 

[Wozza]

Another few pars, just to put this into context (complaint is about Premier League rules NOT Brighton & Hove Albion)...

If Brighton wished to pay a fee they would need Premier League board permission under rule U.38.

“Their rules prevent clubs from receiving compensation for non-contract players,” Brownlie says. He and his chairman, Jack Miller, contacted the Premier League. “We were told by the Premier League that ‘Brighton could apply to the board to pay a fee but [that] would likely be rejected as paying a fee is not allowed,’ ” Brownlie adds.

Brownlie says: “This is not an attack on Brighton. We’re proud he’s gone there. We love it. We told him he’ll develop there. It’s just that clubs like us need to know we can develop players. Our coaches go, ‘We’ve worked really hard with Brody.’ For what? We’ve been asset-stripped.

The club nicknamed the Seagulls are no vultures, of course. Brighton have a good reputation for recruiting fairly, and very well, and point to being restricted by the Premier League rules. “We’ve spoken to Brighton who’ve claimed they’ve exhausted every angle to provide something,” Brownlie says. “Brighton have to follow the rules. My complaint is with the rule.”

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

"better than some of what they have."

I like the sound of this lad!

Agree that we should do better with this, it will only help us in the long term help to secure other promising players. RDZ would probably say similar.

E: Good to hear what Wozza has posted above.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

By Henry Winter
Non-League Basingstoke Town deemed too small to receive any compensation for losing gifted teenager Brody Peart to Premier League club

One night in 2021, the academy manager at Basingstoke Town, Aaron Nicholson, walked up to their first-team manager, Dan Brownlie, before training and confided: “We’ve got one here.” The “one” was Brody Peart, a gifted winger now with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Peart had been connected to the non-League club since he was two, developed under their shrewd coaching, made his debut at 16 last year and was taken by Brighton in July, shortly after his schooling finished.

Brighton’s fêted scouting and recruitment department had struck again, and under Premier League rules they did not have to give Basingstoke anything, not even a bag of balls. The Southern League Premier South club emphasise they have “no issue” with Brighton, just with the system.

MORE: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/brighton-got-our-best-young-player-and-we-got-nothing-sn0x39sn8

He sounds great, btw...

"Brighton now have an 18-year-old better than some of what they have. Brody’s the way football’s going: he’s the quickest thing on two legs, 6ft 2in, an inverted winger, he has physical strength and the winning mentality."

I know literally nothing of young Brody, but Basingstoke play at Step 3 (one below the National League South). If he was genuinely better than the teenagers we already have (Ferguson? Enciso? Bounanotte? Moran?) then he'd have scored FIFTY goals for them last season, rather than failing to make the squad and being loaned out even lower, to Tadley Calleva in the Wessex League.

 

[atomised]

Another par, just to put this into context (complaint is about Premier League rules NOT Brighton & Hove Albion)...

The club nicknamed the Seagulls are no vultures, of course. Brighton have a good reputation for recruiting fairly, and very well, and point to being restricted by the Premier League rules. “We’ve spoken to Brighton who’ve claimed they’ve exhausted every angle to provide something,” Brownlie says. “Brighton have to follow the rules. My complaint is with the rule.”

the rule is clearly not a particularly good one. disappointing that for all the trickle down to grass roots soundbites this rule doesn't allow payments to clubs like Basingstoke

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Another few pars, just to put this into context (complaint is about Premier League rules NOT Brighton & Hove Albion)...

If Brighton wished to pay a fee they would need Premier League board permission under rule U.38.

“Their rules prevent clubs from receiving compensation for non-contract players,” Brownlie says. He and his chairman, Jack Miller, contacted the Premier League. “We were told by the Premier League that ‘Brighton could apply to the board to pay a fee but [that] would likely be rejected as paying a fee is not allowed,’ ” Brownlie adds.

Brownlie says: “This is not an attack on Brighton. We’re proud he’s gone there. We love it. We told him he’ll develop there. It’s just that clubs like us need to know we can develop players. Our coaches go, ‘We’ve worked really hard with Brody.’ For what? We’ve been asset-stripped.

The club nicknamed the Seagulls are no vultures, of course. Brighton have a good reputation for recruiting fairly, and very well, and point to being restricted by the Premier League rules. “We’ve spoken to Brighton who’ve claimed they’ve exhausted every angle to provide something,” Brownlie says. “Brighton have to follow the rules. My complaint is with the rule.”

I'm not sure how lucrative such things actually are, in reality, but we could definitely send some kind of a squad to play a pre-season friendly next summer.

 

[attila]

If the club really are completely blocked from making any kind of contribution, that is ridiculous and the rule needs to change. In the meantime, we supporters could set up a crowdfunder to support them, and I would happily donate.

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

Shame we can’t “buy “ a contracted player, then permanently loan them back.

 

[chrisg]

He isn’t listed in the u18 or u21 team on club site

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I'm not sure how lucrative such things actually are, in reality, but we could definitely send some kind of a squad to play a pre-season friendly next summer.

I think in some way we'll look to do the right thing.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I'm not sure how lucrative such things actually are, in reality, but we could definitely send some kind of a squad to play a pre-season friendly next summer.

This seems the most appropriate and realistic option.

 

[JamesAndTheGiantHead]

Just ‘donate’ them £50k on Paypal Tony.

 

[Wellesley]

Hands up who thought this was going to be a Billy Gilmour/ Chelsea thread.