Brighton have additionally been granted remuneration of up to £3.15m for promising left-back Zak Sturge in addition to another £250,000 if the 19-year-old plays for Britain. Londoner Sturge was poached from Brighton by Chelsea last year and spent the main portion of the time borrowed at Peterborough.
Since Todd Boehly assumed command over Chelsea they have paid Brighton more than £225m for players and staff, an eye-watering figure considering they have slipped underneath the Seagulls in the Head Association table. Brighton’s Amex Arena cost not exactly a portion of that add up to construct.
At the point when Boehly is likewise fighting FFP concerns he could manage without getting the checkbook out once more. Chelsea are as of now eleventh in the Head Association table with Brighton four focuses ahead in seventh.
This is an unfortunate return considering Chelsea have marked three players – Moises Caicedo, Robert Sanchez and Marc Cucurella – as well as mentors Bruno Saltor and Billy Reid since Boehly assumed command over the club in May 2022. Boehly additionally squeezed Graham Potter from the Seagulls in September 2022 however the British chap was sacked after under seven months in control.
Ebb and flow supervisor Mauricio Pochettino is feeling the squeeze following Chelsea’s loss to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup last. Their excess any expectation of flatware this season comes as the FA Cup, with their next task a possibly off-kilter experience at home to Leeds on Wednesday night.
