Chelsea, Man Utd suffer managerial blow as ‘attractive option’ agrees new contract

Brighton & Hove Albion caput manager Fabian Hurzeler has agreed to motion a caller declaration astatine the club, contempt reported involvement from immoderate of Europe’s biggest teams.

The 33-year-old has experienced a rollercoaster 2025-26 run astatine the Amex Stadium; helium oversaw a mediocre tally of conscionable 1 triumph successful 13 Premier League matches betwixt December and February, starring to immoderate supporters calling for him to beryllium sacked.

However, Brighton person turned a country nether Hurzeler implicit the past fewer months and are present 1 of the in-form teams successful the Premier League, with 19 points collected crossed their past 10 games (W6 D1 L3) helping the Seagulls soar into European contention.

With conscionable 3 games remaining, Brighton presently beryllium eighth successful the table and conscionable 2 points down sixth; the Seagulls could suffice for adjacent season’s Champions League if they were to decorativeness sixth and Aston Villa spell connected to triumph the Europa League aft finishing fifth.

Spirits are precocious connected the South Coast and aggregate reports are claiming that Hurzeler has agreed to motion a caller semipermanent contract, with his existent woody owed to tally retired successful 2027.

Chelsea, Man Utd, Leverkusen considered Hurzeler earlier Brighton agreement

This caller woody represents a stroke for a fig of funny suitors successful the Seagulls boss, including Bayer Leverkusen who person been heavy linked with the Texan-born German manager arsenic they question to regenerate Kasper Hjulmand.

According to TEAMtalk, Chelsea had conducted inheritance enactment connected Hurzeler arsenic portion of their ongoing hunt for a imperishable caput coach, with his tactical approach, enactment benignant and quality to enactment with young players making him an ‘attractive option’ astatine the highest level.

Chelsea sacked Liam Rosenior successful April, conscionable 106 days aft helium succeeded Enzo Maresca successful the Stamford Bridge hotseat; Calum McFarlane is present successful interim complaint until the extremity of the season, with the Blues successful information of failing to suffice for Europe.

The study adds that Manchester United person besides been monitoring Hurzeler, but the club’s hierarchy are present said to beryllium convinced that Michael Carrick is the antheral to instrumentality the nine guardant and they were simply doing owed diligence connected alternate targets should Carrick opt against taking the imperishable job.

Hurzeler to perpetrate aboriginal to European-chasing Brighton

The determination for Hurzeler to perpetrate his aboriginal to Brighton comes arsenic a immense boost for the club, who anticipation to regularly situation for the European places successful years to come.

Hurzeler, who precocious expressed however "totally committed" helium is to Brighton, became the youngest manager successful Premier League history, aged conscionable 31, erstwhile helium replaced Roberto De Zerbi arsenic Seagulls caput manager successful the summertime of 2024.

He has since taken complaint of 85 Brighton matches crossed each competitions, winning 37, drafting 25 and losing 23 (43.5% triumph ratio).

It has antecedently been reported that Hurzeler’s existent woody includes a release clause valued successful the portion of €15m (£13.1m), and it remains to beryllium seen whether his caller declaration volition see a akin clause that tin beryllium activated by different clubs successful the future.