Manchester United has been given a lifeline in their efforts to sign Carlos Baleba from Brighton this summer, with the seagulls that are apparently well covered to cash in
If Manchester United has to get hold of Carlos Baleba this month, Brighton will not remain completely high and dry. Fabian Hurzeler's team can even have the replacements that are needed to fill each void after reports of new conversations with the Red Devils.
After investing around £ 200 million in a new front three, United has drawn their attention to strengthening their midfield and the Box-to-Box enforcement of Brighton leads their wish list. The Sun Report United perseveres in new discussions with the representatives of Baleba, despite the fact that Brighton insists on compensation to match the £ 115 million Chelsea to sign Moises Caicedo two years ago.
It is all part of the process that De Meeuwen has made the envy of many teams on the transfer market in recent years, recuting prospects young, build them in first team stars, selling for a considerable profit and repeat.
With United enthusiastic about the newest top talent from Brighton, Baleba also seemed to send a subtle message to the fans of the club this weekend, by giving Leny Yoro's message on Instagram in time. The couple is good friends who played together at Ligue 1 Side Lille before Baleba left for drawing for Brighton, and it is still to see if they are still being reunited in Old Trafford.
Just as Baleba has thrive in the role that once Caicedo and Yves Bissouma made such a success in the Amex Stadium, he also has successors. And just like Baleba, it might not be more than a season or two to make it clear that Brighton may have dug up even more special talent, at least if the recent success of their model is something to enter into.
Despite the fact that they still have to break through in England, the prospects in midfield Diego Gomez and Malick Yalcouye are the ones who are at the base of midfield to the base to Baleba's position. Gomez in particular has already made an impression after his £ 11 million move from Inter Miami last January.
“When I saw him run – he ran during our training sessions – I saw a beast,” Hurzeler said about the player when I spoke in January. “[It] Is incredible how intensely he can play football, and he proved it in the MLS.
“Of course it is a different competition, a different profile. But in the end it is exactly what we want – physicality. We needed this physicality.” The German tactician continued to say that he was “really happy” with the attitude of the Paraguayan and “really reportedly to work with him.”
Gomez, 22, made 16 Premier League performances during the second half of last season and scored his first goal for the club on the last day of the campaign. He also has 15 senior caps for Paraguay, after he has made his entire international debut on 19.
Yalcouye, 19, is in a different phase of his development and this summer only made his debut for the ivory coast of the coast under 23.
The teenager came to Brighton from the Swedish outfit Goteborg in July 2024 for £ 7.6 million – which means that Yalcouye and Gomez Brighton only cost a collective £ 18.6 million – for an impressive loan spell with the Austrian Side Sturm Graz last season.
Yalcouye, born in Mali, offers about 5'7 somewhat different dimensions “, although he offers his own versatile match. Despite the fact that he came to Brighton as a central midfielder, he brought in most of his time in Austria, scored four goals and brought two goals in 26 assist competitions.
And it is not as if the alternatives of Hurzeler's midfield are limited to the pair of prospects. Mats Wieffer, Matt O'Riley, Yasin Ayari and Jack Hinshelwood belong to those who shared with Baleba last season with Baleba, each with capable of fulfilling more defensive tasks in that area.
None of that can influence Brighton's hard posture compared to Baleba, but the volume of alternative solutions can make the South Cuttening Club more teasible for a deal.
Nothing changes from the perspective of United, meanwhile, because offering such a movement will be their most important priority towards the end of an expensive window. Amorim knows that United should discharge more players this month, currently in conversation about wing player Alejandro Garnacho.