The Brighton Post
Squad17 Aug 2026
James Milner breaks a bone — 143 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 143 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Brighton rebuffed over Joško Gvardiol
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Manchester City have kept their man, and Brighton go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brighton sell Yankuba Minteh for $42.0M
Yankuba Minteh has left for Manchester City in a $42.0M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Brighton sell a favourite for $42.0M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Yankuba Minteh was one of the reasons people came, and $42.0M does not replace that by itself.
Market17 Aug 2026
Nottingham Forest 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Eyes on Yasin Ayari again
The phone has started ringing about Yasin Ayari again, and this time the name on the line is Chelsea. Brighton are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Brighton
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kaoru Mitoma was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
4 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
Christopher Harris steps up from the Brighton academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Christopher Harris 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.
In brief
- Squad A falling-out at Brighton
- The dugout No hiding place for Nehemiah Oriola
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Brighton