Hurzeler confirms that Baleba takes place in Brighton despite Manchester United's interest

Brighton's manager Fabian Hurzeler, insists that he has no doubt that Carlos Baleba will remain at the club this season, despite the reported interest of Manchester United.

United inquired about the 21-year-old player earlier this month, but fell once it became clear that Brighton was not willing to consider a sale.

Baleba, who joined Lille in 2023, has already played the two Premier League des Seagulls games and has made 80 appearances since his arrival on the South Coast.

When he was in a hurry if the International of Cameroon would still be a Brighton player beyond the deadline for the transfer of Monday, even if an important offer came, Hurzeler gave a final answer: “Yes”.

He then added: “If there are a number more than 100 [%]I would say more than 100, so confident. »»

Brighton was occupied on the transfer market this summer, bringing six new players to strengthen the Hurzeler team. The arrivals include the Maxim de Cuyper defenders from Cuyper from Club Brugge, Olivier Boscagli from Psv Eindhoven and Diego Coppola by Hellas Verona, while midfielder Tom Watson joined Swanderland.

They also added Daejeon Hana Citizen's winger Do-Young and Young and Charalalampos striker Kostoulas from Olympiakos worth 29.8 million pounds sterling.

However, howl does not expect the window to end. When he was asked if he thought that Brighton had been made on the market, he replied: “I have a feeling. Sometimes it is not so intelligent to share the feelings you have with the public, but overall, I am very happy with the team.”