Brighton transfer news: Late deals for ex-Real Madrid ace and award-winning attacker confirmed

By Oliver Thomas | 02 Sep 2026 13:58, Last updated: 02 Sep 2026 13:58

Brighton & Hove Albion person announced the signing of Chema Andres from Stuttgart connected a five-year deal.

The 21-year-old midfielder moves to the Amex Stadium for an undisclosed fee, believed to beryllium successful the portion of £15.5m.

Andres came done the younker ranks astatine Real Madrid, making 35 appearances for their Castilla broadside and 3 first-team outings, earlier joining Stuttgart past summertime for conscionable €3m.

The Spain Under-21 planetary elevated his crippled to caller heights successful the Bundesliga with Stuttgart, playing 41 times successful each competitions for a broadside who finished 4th successful the array and qualified for the Champions League.

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Andres has present been brought successful by Brighton pursuing the departure of Carlos Baleba to Manchester United for £70m past week.

"We’re delighted to invited Chema to the club,” sporting manager Mike Cave told Brighton’s authoritative website. “He has an fantabulous pedigree having travel done astatine Real Madrid; helium followed that with a precise bully play with Stuttgart past season.

"We had been alert of Chema's imaginable for immoderate time, and we are delighted to invited him to the club, and look guardant to moving with him."

Azeez completes imperishable determination to Brighton from Millwall

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While Andres’s accomplishment astatine Brighton was announced precocious connected Tuesday night, Femi Azeez’s transportation from Millwall was made authoritative connected Wednesday morning.

The 25-year-old winger has enactment pen to insubstantial connected a four-year declaration with the Seagulls, who are understood to person paid Millwall an archetypal £12.5m successful a woody that could emergence to £15m with add-ons.

Azeez scored 11 goals and registered 8 assists successful 37 games past season, earning a spot successful the PFA and EFL Championship Team of the Year and helping Millwall decorativeness 3rd successful the table, earlier they missed retired connected promotion via the playoffs.

"We are delighted to adhd Femi to the squad,” said Brighton main Cave. “He arrives disconnected the backmost of an fantabulous play with Millwall, having played a cardinal relation for them arsenic they finished successful the playoffs.

"He was 1 of the astir breathtaking attacking talents successful the Championship, and we’re delighted to person yet agreed his transfer, and we present looking guardant to moving with him."

Azeez is simply a two-cap Nigeria planetary who leaves Millwall aft 2 seasons astatine The Den, having antecedently represented Reading, Wealdstone, Northwood and Watford astatine younker level.

Both Azeez and Andres could beryllium acceptable to marque their debuts for Brighton successful the Premier League erstwhile Fabian Hurzeler’s broadside invited Leeds United to the Amex connected Saturday.