Brighton 'haven't had a bid' from Manchester City for popular defender

The 23-year-old enjoyed a stellar first campaign in England following his £16m move from La Liga outfit Getafe last August.

The left back made 35 Premier League starts and won Albion’s 2021-22 Player’s Player and Player of the Season.

Cucurella’s stunning debut season has subsequently caught the eye of champions City and FA Cup runners-up Chelsea.

Speaking to The Athletic, Seagulls owner Tony Bloom revealed the club had yet to receive a Sky Blues offer for the defender.

He said: “Marc is a tremendous player, a tremendous person,” Bloom said. “He’s brilliant for the dressing room.

“The players love him, Graham and the coaches, love him, I love him, the fans love him.

“He was unbelievably good last season, his first season in the Premier League.

“We’re hoping for more to come and we haven’t had a bid for him.”

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Bloom refused to speculate on the Spaniard’s future but admitted Brighton wouldn’t stand in Cucurella’s way if City submitted a suitable transfer offer.

He said: “I’m not going to speculate on individual players we may or may not get bids for.

“The fact that there is speculation and there is interest in our players, I always view that as a positive. It hasn’t always been like that.

“There’s less than three or four clubs where some of the players are not for sale.

“We’ve got to be realistic if a certain bid comes in and the player wants to move, the player will move, but we are not anticipating, we’re not looking for our best players to move on.

“If it happens and we get a bid then we have to consider it, but until that point, we carry on.”