The Brighton Post
Market3 Aug 2026
Brighton say no — this time
The offer from Porto 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 has been here 17 seasons
438 appearances across 17 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.
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
Tempers go at Brighton
Pascal Groß was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Brighton training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lewis Dunk 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
- Market Solly March is free to find somewhere else
- Market Milton Keynes Dons join the queue for Michael Svoboda
- The terraces Everybody has an opinion about Rafinha