Well, after many delays… it’s here.
For my fellow transfer tracking nerds & other enthusiastic Seagull fans, I’m happy to introduce the third installment of the
#BHAFC
Transfer Rumor Tracker!
As always, stay tuned for regular updates… & please RT!
I’m in a state of total disbelief. I love this club!
#BHAFC
Up the Albion!
I’m addition the leaders of the club
@OfficialBHAFC
, Tony’s family, the staff, & the whole of Brighton fans, from Stateside Seagulls to those who made the journey from Brighton, are absolutely wonderful!
The fact that so many fans of the "big clubs" are this engaged with
#BHAFC
fans on here, trying to put us in our place, suggests that Brighton is, in fact, a club on the rise & a real concern to them.
Regardless of their past glory, we are now among their rivals & they know it.
Brighton’s clean sheet win over Everton in today’s season opening match is especially noteworthy with last year as a back drop.
Last season,
#BHAFC
’s first clean sheet win in the
#PremierLeague
came on February 18 at Sheffield United in our 25th PL match of the season.
I wasn’t at the Goldstone or the Withdean, but I’m here because you were.
I’m here because of the incredible story written by you, & Dick Knight, & Tony Bloom.
I’m here because I believe the best part of this
#BHAFC
story is yet to be written; I’ll find joy in each new chapter.
In Tony Bloom’s tenure since 2009, there’s only been one season in which
#BHAFC
dropped more than two places in the table from one year to the next. Brighton has risen from 16th in League One (08-09) all the way up to 6th in the PL this year.
That’s 54 places ⬆️ in 14 years.
THREAD:
#BHAFC
fans, you are ALL right.
You are right to argue that Tony Bloom has earned our trust.
You are right to worry that Roberto De Zerbi might leave.
You are right to think we have a need for a left-footed RW & a CDM-type (and even an actual RB too).
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I’m reveling in this moment, but most of what I’m feeling is joy for all of you who’ve welcomed me to this club, who understand fully what it means to have come from Hereford to here.
#BHAFC
’s story is one of human triumph against incredible odds, of why sport is worth loving.
Beat a Champions League Newcastle team 3-1, then make 6 (SIX!!!) lineup changes and beat another Champions League Man U team 1-3 at Old Trafford.
This is Brighton & Hove Albion in 2023-24.
Europa League, here we come!
Exciting times & big days ahead for
#BHAFC
!
Rutter announcement & Kadioglu news incoming in the hours after Chelsea and Palace losses with
#BHAFC
sitting at the top of the table…
Every Brighton fan:
#BHAFC
moves to 2nd in the world in transfer expenditures this summer.
Matt O’Riley is confirmed & counted below, but Ferdi Kadıoğlu is not yet.
This is Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club. Thank you, Tony Bloom!
Brighton has played 7 Premier League games against the “Big 6” in 2023.
✅ W 3-0 v. Liverpool
❌ L 2-1 @ Spurs (PGMOL apology)
✅ W 0-3 @ Arsenal
✅ W 1-2 @ Chelsea
✅ W 1-0 v. Man U
🤝 D 1-1 v. Man City
✅ W 1-3 @ Man U
16 points from 21 w/+9 GD.
#BHAFC
Reminder: In Tony Bloom’s tenure since 2009, there’s only been 1 season in which
#BHAFC
dropped more than 2 places in the table from one year to the next.
Brighton has risen from 16th in League One (08-09) all the way up to 6th in the PL last year.
54 places⬆️in 14 years.📈
#BHAFC
spent £86.6m on 4 transfers (Pedro, Baleba, Verbruggen, Igor), none of whom were on the pitch to start yesterday. They are learning the system & earning RDZ’s trust. I don’t think we are seeing close to the best version of what this team can look like later in the season.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club is signing a world class young player right out from under the noses of the biggest clubs in the world… and he wants to come to Brighton.
This is the same club you’ve known & loved, but this is NOT “the same old Brighton.”
#BHAFC
#Barco
I just want to say again what an honor it has been to be among this group of wonderful, thoughtful people.
As a new fan this year, the welcome continues to be unlike any I’ve experienced in a lifetime in sports.
To
#BHAFC
fans everywhere, thank you for sharing your club w/me.
For those of you moaning about no RB yet when the potential of
#BHAFC
landing a talent like Gruda is announced, you are revealing a deep desire to be unhappy.
Maybe we had to get him right now or pass. The club is working on a RB too.
Be patient. Trust the club.
Huge window!
THREAD:
A look at every possible scenario for Europa League Group B entering the 5th group match.
Athens (AEK) v. Brighton (BHA)
Marseille (OM) v. Ajax
Current Table:
OM 8
BHA 7
AEK 4
AJAX 2
#OM
#BHAFC
#AEKFC
#AJAX
#AEK
#AEKBHA
#OMAJAX
Billy Gilmour is a baller & has grown into quite the key player for
#BHAFC
over the past year!
Throw this a like or RT if you think
@billygilmourrr
is underrated or under appreciated.
THREAD:
I often hear about Brighton’s wage structure, w/long-time fans noting that
#BHAFC
won’t break it to sign big players. Until this season, that’s been true in terms of total wages, but we’ve seen a real rise in terms of average player salary during the club’s PL era.
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My sincere thanks to all 1700 of you for following!
I continue to be grateful to be welcomed into the
#BHAFC
fan family.
I know I’m still pretty new here & haven’t experienced all of the joys & sorrows of long-time fans, but nonetheless I’m so proud to be a part of this club!
Thank you to the 1500 of you who are just nerdy enough to enjoy my
#BHAFC
musings, deep dives, and number-crunching, at least when it comes to the Seagulls!
It’s truly an honor to be connected to so many in the “esteemed Brighton family.”
#BHAFC
👀
More from the article:
“In fact, owner Tony Bloom has ambitious recruitment plans for the upcoming summer transfer window as he bids to transform the Sussex side into an established European outfit.”
I love the sound of that!
EXC:
#BHAFC
have been speaking to Roberto De Zerbi about a new contract. No approach from any other club for sought-after Italian at this stage. The Seagulls are under no pressure to sell any more star names.
@talkSPORT
The one thing I know is right, for sure, is that we all love our club,
#BHAFC
, & our mighty Seagulls.
Between Downs and Seas We Flourish. We’ve Come A Long Way Together. Up the Albion.
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I know he’s not a Brighton player anymore, but I feel like his successes now and in the years ahead will be intertwined with his time and legacy with
#BHAFC
- sad he’s gone, but glad he was here. I wish him well. Once a Seagull, always a Seagull.
Most tackles made by a Liverpool player in a Premier League game in the last three seasons:
◉ 9 - Alexis Mac Allister vs. Bournemouth (2024)
◉ 8 - Alexis Mac Allister vs. Chelsea (2024)
And he won 25 duels across those two matches. 💪
Barco to
#BHAFC
! 🏖️
Sussex’s South Coast Seagulls have done it again! Another top South American talent, one of Argentina’s brightest young stars, will come to Brighton to flourish. This one is special!
Welcome, Valentin, may the legend of “el Colo” continue to grow!
After 11 matches last season,
#BHAFC
had 15 pts. This season, it’s 18 pts from 11.
That +3/11 games pace of improvement would have Brighton finish 11 pts better than last season’s 62.
73 pts has been good enough for Top 5 in 9 of the last 10 years & Top 4 in each of the last 5.
Fans last summer: Why didn’t the club plan for this?!?! We aren’t ready for Europe!
Fans in February: See👆, we have just 1 healthy winger & only Welbeck at striker!!!
Fans this summer: Adding this much depth to attacking positions is a waste of money!!!
#BHAFC
Trust in Tony!
My 10 year old just sent me this
#BHAFC
CapCut edit she made. She loves making these, so there may be more in the future.
Likes or replies to let her know this helped you get fired up for the Cup match tomorrow are appreciated. :)
It’s an Albion match day morning… and I’m here looking at the stadium from my hotel! Completely surreal.
Can’t wait for the game!
If you are here, let me know. I’ve got stickers to hand out to those who’d like one; I’d love to meet every
#BHAFC
here!
#PLSummerSeries
Feeling mixed emotions today.
Gratitude for a season unlike any other in my own sports history, and in that of
#BHAFC
, but a little sadness that it’s coming to an end.
Thank you, fellow Seagulls, for the welcome! 800 new Twitter “mates” since August; my pleasure to know you.
With Igor perhaps injured & Dunk suspended for
#BHAFC
’s clash w/West Ham, we are down to just JPVH among our healthy first team CB options. There’s talk of Atom coming up to start or Baleba sliding to CB, but what if RDZ did the funniest thing.
He needs CB to complete the set.
#BHAFC
👀👂
We’ve got a great guy at the helm in Hürzeler! Every time I hear him speak, I like him more and more.
Further, his football is going to win many games, and many new fans, for the Albion!
💬 “We should make them proud by our performance.”
🔵⚽️ New
#BHAFC
gaffer Fabian Hürzeler tells
@GabbyLogan
the importance of learning about his new club, and building an understanding with the fans.
On
@GlobalPlayer
4:30pm tomorrow
Thanks to every one of you 1800 for following, & especially to those who engage w/& share my thoughts & data w/more fans who follow you.
I’m truly grateful to be connected w/
#BHAFC
& its incredible, ongoing story, as well as w/all of you who support the club too. 💙 Flying high!
🤯 The rising option-to-buy fee depending upon Undav’s success could ultimately price Stuttgart out. That’s both tremendously ironic and another bit of excellent business by
#BHAFC
.
Too expensive for VfB Stuttgart? 😟
✍️ Deniz Undav's loan deal includes a performance-based option-to-buy clause.
💰 The forward's potential fee has already risen from €12m to €20m and could still rise.
VfB exploring payment options.
(SportBild)
I’m new here, but I’m truly shocked at the number of
#BHAFC
fans who’d rather Palace lose to Spurs & damage our European dreams than root in any way for a Palace win that would benefit us.
Hating a team more than you love your own is weird fan behavior.
This is Chelsea, where there is no plan, and worse, no loyalty.
Get out while you can
@levi_colwill
- don’t sign a new contract; ask for a transfer to Brighton, where you’re loved & will become a legend for helping to lead
#BHAFC
to the very top of the footballing world.
Bart Verbruggen vs Belgium U21 📊
⏰ 90 mins
🧤 6 saves
❌ 4 saves from inside the box
🎯 36 accurate passes (94.7%)
🚀 5/7 accurate long balls
MOTM ✅
Potentially
#BHAFC
bound? 👀
If
#BHAFC
also brings in Kadıoğlu, O’Riley, Gomez, and Boscagli (or another versatile left-footed CB) as has been reported that we are pursuing, this total would reach well over €200m spent this summer.
Tony Bloom means business! Brighton is becoming a big club before our eyes!
THREAD: Brighton v Everton
Much has been made of Everton being winless in their last 8 PL matches as they travel to the Amex to face
#BHAFC
on Saturday.
While that stat is true, I don’t think it’s very representative of the danger that lurks w/the Sean Dyche-led Toffees.
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Realistically,
#BHAFC
will now have to really fight & play well to climb to 6th again.
Europa League still offers a path to Champions League & the FA Cup offers an additional path back to Europa League.
All is not lost, but the battle is tougher for having let today slip away.
So much can change in a year (Summer 24 Europa shirt/Summer 23 others). Loving the beach &
#BHAFC
are not among those things.
What a wild ride through Europe! So happy I got to enjoy so much of it with my favorite, increasingly not so little, Seagull! Excited for what’s next!
I can’t imagine how surreal this is to those who watched this club play at the Withdean.
If I’d told you then
#BHAFC
would spend €200m in all of the years between then & now, I can’t imagine you’d have believed that, let alone thinking this sum in one summer could ever happen.
#BHAFC
has the 4th best chance to win the Europa League according to the latest Opta supercomputer projections.
Maybe Ibrahim Osman is right to wax poetic about joining “the esteemed Brighton family” to “soar like a majestic seagull, embracing boundless horizons of possibility.”
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Who knows what’s ahead for Brighton, but before we go through another schedule gauntlet w/7 matches in 22 days, I thought taking a look backward at the season to-date might be worthwhile.
With 18 matches in all comps,
#BHAFC
has lost just 5, while winning 8 & drawing 5.
🚨🚨🚨
#BHAFC
This report suggests that Ferdi Kadıoğlu had chosen Brighton!
The report says that Fenerbahce will ask for an increased bid if they qualify for CL tonight, but will accept our current bid if they lose.
If true, this is incredible news! What a morning!
🚨 ÖZEL - Ferdi Kadıoğlu, yönetimden Brighton'dan gelen teklifin kabul edilmesini talep etti.
👉 Fenerbahçe, Lille'i elerse oyuncunun ücretinde iyileştirme yapılacak. Sarı-Lacivertliler elenirse Brighton'ın 33 milyon euro + bonuslar içeren teklifi kabul edilecek.
📰
March at LB, Adingra, Baleba & Igor were all shouted out by many as strong performers for
#BHAFC
yesterday.
None of those guys would have likely played (or played where they did) if not for squad rotation, which many continue to complain about.
Can’t have it both ways, y’all.
If
#BHAFC
wins our remaining 3 matches, we could still reach 7th & UECL w/the following help:
Chelsea to get 1 point or fewer from Forest away & Bournemouth home.
Man U to get 1 point or fewer from Arsenal & Newcastle home.
City win the FA cup.
Brighton snagging a sought-after talent like Valentín Barco for less than £8 million borders on the ridiculous. But they can do it because they've done it before. They can do it because Caicedo and Mac Allister. Because they have proven their sign-develop-sell model works.
One early mistake, much like Everton last spring, completely changes a game. Tough opponent & once we trailed, we had no real chance to spread them out, & were more vulnerable to their counter.
We’re the same team we were before this loss. Big week to fill out the squad.
#BHAFC
It's time. The
#BHAFC
Transfer Rumor Tracker is back!
This is your one-stop shop for up-to-date information on who the rumor mill says is a Brighton target in the January window.
X hates external links, so I'll need RT help to share this info. Thanks!
Not sure if local
#BHAFC
fans are burning the midnight oil scouring Twitter for Barco news, but this Stateside Seagull is so fired up about this transfer news, I’m not sure I’ll relax until the official announcement.
No Sleep till Barco!
I really can’t get enough of RDZ. It’s not at all surprising that players respond so well to his teaching, especially as it is combined with his affection for them. What a coach we have at
#BHAFC
- helping us become a big club, with the our heart, soul, and spirit intact!
De zerbi on his three principles of the build up📖
Awesome webinar 2 HOURS and 22 minutes long
He explains all his build up with game clips, and training sessions videos😍
To see it complete with ENGLISH SUBTITLES, send me DM! follow me !!! 😉
It’s especially pleasing that the Chelsea to Brighton pipeline has us polishing gems to a lustrous shine, but when the direction is
#BHAFC
to Chelsea previously sparkling players turn dull, despite the quality those players had shown with the Seagulls.
🏴Louis Flower (19, 2004)
🏟️Brighton U21
Has scored again for Brighton, he left Chelsea in the summer doing the opposition to what we’ve seen, the norm is to go from Brighton to Chelsea!
That’s now 5 goals, 1 assists in last 7 games!
After a fairly helpful set of results today, a win tomorrow over Brentford moves
#BHAFC
into 7th in the table.
Given everything we’ve faced thus far this season, and the difficult run-in ahead, this feels like a huge opportunity for our Seagulls.
Up the Albion!
I’m expecting Carlos Baleba to start for
#BHAFC
tomorrow.
He started, played 68 minutes, and drew the most fouls (5) in Lille’s 2-1 win over Marseille on May 20.
He should certainly be as or more familiar with OM than any of his teammates. Really hope to see him on the pitch!
Which teams play with the quickest passing, compared to their total pass volume? ⏱️
Xabi Alonso's Bayer Leverkusen
#B04
are outliers, having the 3rd most passes per game (after
#PSG
and
#ManCity
), and the 3rd fastest passing pace (behind
#SheffieldUnited
and
#AtleticoMadrid
)
#BHAFC
fans have probably all seen Valentin Barco’s game winning & Olympic bid-sealing assist, but what was nearly a last minute exclamation point goal in the final minute is worth seeing too.
This kid is so fun to watch! Pure electricity on the pitch!
Europa League Group Winners straight into the Final 16 (& who will get the 2nd leg of their Round of 16 ties at home):
West Ham
Brighton & Hove Albion
Rangers
Atalanta
Liverpool
Villarreal
Slavia Prague
Leverkeusen
#BHAFC
The away fan reactions are everything!
Those faces, from abject horror to tip of the cap, resigned, “well, I have to clap for THAT” good sportsmanship, tell you everything you need to know about how good it was.
Will the next 24 hours be one of the most exciting days in
#BHAFC
history?
I can only imagine what this means to y’all. Europa League draw, unprecedented signings… it’s incredible just knowing the club’s story, let alone having lived it.
Tomorrow, I’ll be thinking of you all.
Can’t blame him, imagine the thought of a season at (12th place & in shambles) Chelsea when you can return to a well-run, rising powerhouse like Brighton & look forward to a decade of unprecedented success & trophies.
#BHAFC
Can’t blame him, imagine the thought of another season at Brighton when you can come to a powerhouse like Chelsea & look forward to a decade of success & trophies
This is not a drill.
The Albion will be back on our home pitch versus Luton Town, opening our 7th consecutive Premier League season, in less than 72 hours.
#BHAFC
Can anyone
@FA_PGMOL
explain how this yellow was assigned to Benoit Badiashile, rather than Moises Caicedo? The record seems to have been officially changed to Badiashile after the conclusion of the game.
#CHEBHA
#BHAFC
If you’d thought
#BHAFC
’s fixtures for the run-in were difficult, you were correct.
If our beloved Seagulls hang on to a spot in the top 8, thereby securing a place in European competition, it will be a well-won, hard-earned honor indeed.
If you saw the
#BHAFC
injury & suspensions list before the season, and I told you at this point in the season we’d still sit just outside a Europa League spot for 24-25, and that we’d won our 23-24 Europa League group, I bet most folks would have gladly taken these results then.
#BHAFC
got some help today; now we need to do our part tomorrow.
Our majestic Seagulls would soar back into the European places by swooping in to snatch all 3 points from our Sheffield United Sunday showdown!
João Pedro is about to be all of us counting our signings in the span of 24 hours… & announcing that the days of
#BHAFC
fearing any team are OVER!
Brajan Gruda ✅
Georginio Rutter 🔜
Ferdi Kadıoğlu 🔜
Who’s next?
Olivier Boscagli❓
Mats Hummels❓
Diego Gomez❓
Matt O’Riley❓
Lots of updates on the
#BHAFC
Transfer Rumor Tracker!
Please share this as the external link will limit the reach of this tweet without lots of help.
Also, reply and let me know who you’d most like to see us get, as well as who you think is most likely.
Rydstrom is a fast riser in the betting odds & sounds exactly like the kind of “absolutely no one saw this coming” hire that has made
#BHAFC
the unpredictable success story it’s been under Tony Bloom’s lead.