Andy Naylor

Brighton & Hove Albion striker Mark O’Mahony has returned from a season-long loan with Championship side Portsmouth to recover from a side strain. The 19-year-old suffered the injury coming on as a second-half substitute in last month’s 2-2 draw at Swansea. He will resume the loan with Portsmouth in January once he is fully fit again. O’Mahony has scored two goals in five starts and four substitute appearances in the second tier since moving to Fratton Park in the closing days of the summer transfer window at the end of August. The deal was finalised 24 hours after...

Brighton & Hove Albion have announced the signing of midfielder Diego Gomez from Inter Miami. The Athletic reported in September that Brighton were to sign Gomez for a fee of £11million ($14m), with the 21-year-old to remain with Miami through to the end of the 2024 MLS season. Miami’s 2024 campaign ended in playoff defeat by Atlanta United last month and Gomez will officially join Brighton on January 1, when the transfer window opens. “We’re looking forward to working with Diego very soon,” Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler said. “He has already made a real impression both at...

Hurzeler is yet to name an unchanged starting line-up in the Premier League and it is at the back that his plans are being hit hardest

Brighton & Hove Albion have been fined £20,000 by the Premier League for breaking youth development rules. They have also received a six-month ban, suspended for one year, from registering any academy players currently or previously registered with another club. Brighton admitted breaching a rule which prevents clubs from approaching or communicating with a player registered with or entering into a pre-registration agreement with a different club. The case concerned a player who joined another club’s academy under 10s in 2017 and signed a pre-scholarship offer in 2022.

A fact-finding mission took the German to south London last December - so he knows what to expect when the teams meet on Sunday

Brighton & Hove Albion head coach Fabian Hurzeler has not ruled out adding more leadership experience to his squad in the January transfer window after missing out on Mats Hummels in the summer. Brighton were keen to sign Hummels, but the 35-year-old former German international and Borussia Dortmund central defender moved to Italy instead to join Roma as a free agent. Hurzeler has been without skipper Lewis Dunk, James Milner, Joel Veltman and Adam Webster through injury for periods this season, leaving the squad short of experience to see out games following the summer move also of Pascal...

Brighton & Hove Albion will welcome back defender Joel Veltman for Saturday’s visit to West Ham. A dip in form, which has seen Fabian Hurzeler’s side winless for four games and a drop in the table from second to ninth, has coincided with the 32-year-old former Dutch international right-back’s absence from the team with a muscular injury. Hurzeler confirmed at his press conference on Thursday morning that “Joel will be back” in contention to face West Ham. The head coach will still be without striker Danny Welbeck for the trip to the London Stadium. Welbeck,...

Brighton & Hove Albion have added to their stock of young goalkeeper talent by signing Charlie Wilson-Papps from AFC Wimbledon. The deal for the teenage prospect for a “substantial six-figure fee” has been confirmed by the League One club on their official website. Wilson-Papps joined Wimbledon’s academy in 2023. He has represented England at under-15 level. Wimbledon’s academy manager Michael Hamilton, speaking about the move to Brighton, said: “From day one we knew we had identified a young man with real sporting potential.” GO DEEPER'Brighton are now...

One of the Premier League's great young talents has struggled for opportunities this season. But that might be changing...

Brighton & Hove Albion are considering recalling Malick Yalcouye from a season-long loan with Austrian Champions League participants Sturm Graz. The versatile 19-year-old midfielder has thrived to such an extent with the club currently leading the Austrian Bundesliga that Brighton could trigger a recall option in the loan to add him to Fabian Hurzeler’s squad in January. Yalcouye has scored two goals with two assists in 18 appearances across all competitions for Sturm Graz. He has started five of their six matches in the Champions League group stage. Brighton signed Yalcouye in the...