The Brighton Post
Market17 Aug 2026
Brighton sell Georginio Rutter for $49.0M
Georginio Rutter has left for Manchester City in a $49.0M deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Brighton rebuffed over Ismaïla Sarr
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Crystal Palace have kept their man, and Brighton go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brighton turn down Stoke City for Ferdi Kadıoğlu
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Mateus Mané at that price
Brighton offered $6.0M; Wolverhampton said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
Brighton sell a favourite for $49.0M
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Georginio Rutter was one of the reasons people came, and $49.0M does not replace that by itself.
Market17 Aug 2026
Brighton answer the question with Germán Berterame from Inter Miami CF
The shape has not worked since the summer and the reason was never a mystery. Germán Berterame comes in from Inter Miami CF to be the missing piece, which is a flattering description and a heavy one.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Brighton
Kaoru Mitoma and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Brighton
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lewis Dunk was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
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.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Mark Murphy joins the Brighton first team
- Squad Stefanos Tzimas stays put
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Brighton