Shane Nti

Central Midfielder - Brighton U20
14 Nov 2027
Sunday
Process
17 Edition

The Brighton Post

23 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Kaoru Mitoma asks to leave Brighton

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Squad

A one-man rearguard from Bart Verbruggen

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad

Shane Nti says Brighton went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Match

Honours even between Brighton and Bournemouth

1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Squad

Lewis Dunk is carrying Brighton

4 goals and a season average of 7.20. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.

Squad

Mats Wieffer asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The Brighton Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Mats Wieffer hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Brighton can pretend not to have heard.

Match

Brighton come up short against Arsenal

Arsenal left with the points after a 1-3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Boardroom

123% of the income goes out in wages at Brighton

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Georginio Rutter

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The terraces

Everybody has an opinion about Bart Verbruggen

He is the name in every column and on every phone-in, which is a heavy thing to carry at any age. Some footballers thrive on it; others are quietly finished by it.

Market

The Stefanos Tzimas talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Brighton know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

3 Edition

The Brighton Post

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Manchester City come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Brighton did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Market

Brighton sign Federico Girotti for $8.7M

The paperwork is done: Federico Girotti joins from Alianza Lima in a deal worth $8.7M. Now comes the harder part.

Market

Pascal Struijk hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Brighton can pretend not to have heard.

Market

Brighton sell Harry Howell for $1.7M

Harry Howell has left for Blackburn Rovers in a $1.7M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.

Squad

Shane Nti asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad

Jacob Parsons has company in his position

The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Jacob Parsons keeps the shirt for now, at Brighton's convenience rather than his own.

In brief