Brighton and Hove Albion have agreed a cope with Chelsea for the potential signing of younger star Billy Gilmour.

In keeping with David Ornstein and Liam Twomey at The Athletic, a price price roughly £9m has been organized between the 2 outfits in a bid to get across the Premier League’s mortgage guidelines (stopping a couple of mortgage from the identical membership).

This follows after the 21-year-old spent a season-long mortgage at relegated outfit Norwich Metropolis.

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It caps off a strong summer time of switch enterprise for the Seagulls with Graham Potter’s males additionally buying Pervis Estupiñán, Julio Enciso and Simon Adingra.

With minutes unlikely to come back in heavy provide at Stamford Bridge, it’s a transfer that’s more likely to profit the midfielder’s growth within the long-term because the membership add additional promise to their midfield following the departure of former key man Yves Bissouma.

In a mannequin the place the South Coast outfit proceed to derive large earnings from their developed abilities – apparently with out struggling an awesome deal so far as outcomes are involved – it’s laborious to attract any criticism of a aspect that has been extraordinarily well-run since their return to the English top-flight.