Brighton transfer news: Seagulls in ‘advanced talks’ to sign African talent in record-breaking deal

Brighton & Hove Albion are reportedly successful precocious talks to motion highly-rated AIK Fotboll winger Zadok Yohanna this summer.

The Seagulls are preparing for beingness backmost successful Europe aft finishing the 2025-26 play successful 8 spot successful the Premier League table, securing Conference League football.

Fabian Hurzeler’s broadside are expected to participate the marketplace for a caller centre-back and midfielder arsenic Adam Webster is leaving upon the expiration of his declaration and James Milner has announced his retirement.

However, the summation of astatine slightest 1 caller winger is besides thought to beryllium precocious connected the docket for Brighton pursuing the departure of nine fable Solly March, and 18-year-old Yohanna has swiftly emerged arsenic a starring target.

Last weekend, Swedish nine AIK confirmed that they are successful negotiations with an unnamed nine implicit the merchantability of Yohanna and it could make a interest successful the portion of £20m, which would correspond a club-record sale.

The imaginable merchantability of Yohanna could besides marque him the astir costly subordinate ever sold by a Swedish team, surpassing the existent grounds held by Lucas Bergvall who was sold by Djurgardens IF to Tottenham Hotspur for €20m (£17.3m) successful 2024.

Brighton ‘optimistic’ of finalising Yohanna transfer

Sky Sports News claims that Brighton are the nine successful talks with AIK to motion the teen and person emerged arsenic frontrunners to unafraid his signature, with the Seagulls said to beryllium optimistic that a woody tin beryllium agreed this week.

Brighton look to person stepped up their pursuit of Yohanna aft falling down Hoffenheim successful the contention to motion Wolfsburg winger Patrick Wimmer, who had been contacted by the Seagulls.

Yohanna is said to person been the taxable of ‘considerable interest’ from different Premier League clubs, on with teams successful Spain and Germany.

However, Brighton boast a beardown way grounds of processing promising young endowment and handing them first-team opportunities, which has accrued their entreaty amid contention from elsewhere.

Nigerian ace Yohanna acceptable for large determination aft beardown play with AIK

Should a woody beryllium agreed, Yohanna could soon go the sixth Nigerian footballer to play for Brighton aft Leon Balogun, Chuba Akpom, Ade Akinbiyi, Emeka Ifejiagwa and David Adekola.

Yohanna has made a notable content successful AIK’s archetypal squad since joining the nine 12 months ago, signaling 5 goals and 4 assists successful 18 appearances crossed each competitions, chiefly arsenic a right-winger.

It remains to beryllium seen whether Brighton would look to nonstop Yohanna retired connected indebtedness oregon instantly integrate the winger into Hurzeler’s first-team squad adjacent season.

Kaoru Mitoma, Yankuba Minteh, Diego Gomez, Tom Watson, Ibrahim Osman and Amario Cozier-Duberry are each wide options connected the books astatine the Amex Stadium, the second 3 experienced spells retired connected indebtedness past season.