Brighton is perhaps better known as a club that sells tens of millions instead of spending so extravagant, but in Georginio Rutter, their £ 40 million record purchase, they saw a risk that it was worth taking.
Not for nothing, while Saturday's Soiree in Southampton saw their summer signing Championship Leeds scoring his sixth goal in eight games to increase a European indictment that few considered feasible when they were defeated by Nottingham with 7-0 at the beginning of February Forest.
Rutter made their previous most expensive purchase with £ 10 million-Joao Pedro and Yankuba Minth each cost £ 30 million and St Mary's stage the best of the 22-year-old Frenchman here because his energy was contagious for the people around him. Well, those who wear the yellow of Brighton, anyway.
Rutter scored the second of the four goals of the visitors when he bullyed Joe Aribo to surrender possession through the Southampton box.
Thanks to that high-pressed turnover, Minth could set him up for 2-0 when Brighton finished the weekend in the Premier League.
“He needed some time to adapt to the Premier League, to adapt to the intensity,” said Brighton -Baas Fabian Hurzeler about Rutter.
“His body also needed some time. But now he is in impressive form.
“He understands the game more and more, understands his value, how he can use his body against his opponent, and that is why I am happy that he is in our team, that he is building the connections and relationships with his teammates.”
From the seagulls to something much more flappy, Southampton is in such a bad condition that even their manager Ivan Juric described this performance as a 'disaster'.
You don't have to be Paul de Octopus to predict that they are championship -related, and if Chelsea will not beat them with at least three goals tomorrow in Stamford Bridge, perhaps the side of Enzo Maresca is really in a crisis.