The Brighton Post
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Martín Zubimendi
Brighton asked and Arsenal said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Brighton go back to the board over Harrison Armstrong
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $7.5M — a club that wants Harrison Armstrong enough to be asked twice.
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
Nicholas Stewart steps up from the Brighton academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nicholas Stewart has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: George Marshall joins the Brighton first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. George Marshall is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market17 Aug 2026
James Stewart steps up from the Brighton academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Stewart has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market17 Aug 2026
One of our own: John Walker joins the Brighton first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. John Walker is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Brighton
Nehemiah Oriola and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Brighton training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pascal Struijk 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.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Nehemiah Oriola
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Brighton
- Squad No place for Myles Peart-Harris in the new shape