The Brighton Post
Market3 Aug 2026
Brighton say no — this time
The offer from Ajax for Kaoru Mitoma was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Lewis Dunk: 18 seasons and counting
471 appearances across 18 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Brighton know exactly what they have.
Market3 Aug 2026
Kaoru Mitoma wants to know where this is going
“I want to win things, and I would like to do it here.” Nothing has been demanded and nothing has been threatened — but a boardroom at Brighton hears a sentence like that exactly as it was built.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kaoru Mitoma signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kaoru Mitoma commits to Brighton for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Brighton
Pascal Groß and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad3 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.
In brief
- Market Thomas McGill attracts admirers
- The dugout Bart Verbruggen knocks on the manager's door
- Market Brighton bring in an old head
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Diego Costa