Albion have made some major moves in the transfer market this summer – with more signings expected to arrive. So far this window Albion have brought in Georginio Rutter from Leeds United for £40m, Yankuba Minteh from Newcastle for £35m, while midfielder Mats Wieffer signed from Feyenoord for £25m.
German attacking midfielder Brajan Gruda arrived from Mainz last week in a £25m deal, adding to the £16m they paid to Danish team FC Nordsjalland for Ibrahim Osman, who has since joined Feyenoord on loan. Another £6m was spent on talented young midfielder Malick Yalcouyé and the Seagulls remain in the running to land Matt O'Riley from Celtic for around £25m and Turkey left back Ferdi Kadıoğlu from Fenerbahce for £25m.
Brighton also maintain a strong interest in Paraguay’s Inter Miami midfielder Diego Gomez, who is said to be close to joining for £12m. On the outgoing front, Pascal Gross left for boyhood club Borussia Dortmund for £6m, striker Deniz Undav finally sealed his complex move to Stuttgart for £30m and Billy Gilmour is on the cusp on joining Napoli for around £15m.
After a remarkable window for Brighton, here’s how Fabian Hurzeler’s strongest XI could look this season…
9. Yankuba Minteh - RW
The £35m addition from Newcastle could be one of the players of the PL this season. Looks electric on the right flank. Photo: Masashi Hara
10. Joao Pedro - CF
The Brazilian scored 20 goals last term and is capable of more. Played well at Everton on the opening day and still so much more to come from the former Watford man Photo: Carl Recine
11. Georginio Rutter - CF
A record breaking deal saw the Frenchman join from Leeds for £40m. A striker with huge potential. Photo: George Wood
12. Kaoru Mitoma - LW
The Japan international looked back to his best against Everton after injury. Such a quality player to watch and as Welbeck said after the Everton match, one of the best players in the PL one-v-one Photo: Jan Kruger