The Brighton Post
Market17 Aug 2026
Brighton turn down Arsenal for Kaoru Mitoma
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market17 Aug 2026
Manchester United watching Bart Verbruggen
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Brighton have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Kaoru Mitoma in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Brighton this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brighton sell Harry Howell for $1.1M
Harry Howell has left for Charlton Athletic in a $1.1M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Brighton training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Solly March is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Brighton
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brighton promote Nathan Howard from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Nathan Howard has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Stefanos Tzimas stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Stefanos Tzimas and Brighton agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
No investment in the facilities at Brighton
Nothing about this will be in a press release. A plan went upstairs, came back rejected, and the version of the club that would have existed in three years' time just quietly stopped being possible.