Spurs transfer news: Luka Vuskovic, now at Brighton, looks back on summer exit

Brighton & Hove Albion defender Luka Vuskovic has suggested that helium does not look astatine Tottenham Hotspur's determination to merchantability him this summertime successful a antagonistic light.

With Roberto De Zerbi overseeing a caller epoch astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the presumption was that Vuskovic would enactment arsenic a consecutive replacement for Cristian Romero.

Instead, aft Spurs chose to motion Marcos Senesi and Jan Paul van Hecke, the young Croatian defender was sold to Brighton successful a £46m deal.

At a clip erstwhile Spurs beryllium bottommost of the Premier League table, the Seagulls are successful 3rd place, conscionable 2 points adrift of champions Arsenal.

The level of Vuskovic's performances astatine Brighton person people led to Spurs fans reasoning what could person been had they retained the 19-year-old's services.

Vuskovic looks backmost connected Spurs exit

Speaking to Sportske Novosti, Vuskovic was quizzed connected whether helium was impacted by Spurs' determination to merchantability him, alternatively than marque him an important fig nether De Zerbi.

He said: "I wouldn’t spell backmost to that excessively much. I admit that Tottenham recognised maine arsenic a precise young player, that they invested successful maine astatine the clip and that unneurotic we recovered bully solutions and clubs wherever I could play and develop.

“Coaches, directors, boards and sporting policies alteration astatine clubs, and it’s not for maine to remark connected their decisions.”

“I’m blessed Brighton wanted me, that they saw maine arsenic portion of their task and that they were past prepared to wage a precise ample magnitude of wealth for me.

"That shows maine the large assurance the nine has successful maine and I privation to repay them successful the champion imaginable way."

Could Vuskovic enactment astatine Brighton successful agelong term?

While Brighton are known to make players with the volition of selling them for a profit, they paid a club-record interest for Vuskovic.

There is imaginable for the South-coast outfit to suffice for the Europa League oregon Champions League successful 2026-27.

Vuskovic could beryllium the subordinate who helps Brighton instrumentality that adjacent measurement nether Fabian Hurzeler, arsenic good arsenic pull much of the world's apical prospects.

Hurzeler is idiosyncratic who is seemingly destined for a determination to a high-profile nine successful the future, but Brighton person the accidental to support him astatine the nine if they tin interruption into the Champions League for 2027-28.

The aforesaid applies with Vuskovic, who whitethorn shown penchant for a settled stint astatine a progressive club.