Brighton looking to offer Man City target new contract after no bid arrives

Brighton & Hove Albion are discussing improved contract phrases with Marc Cucurella amid curiosity within the left-back from Manchester Metropolis.

Metropolis have been linked with the Spaniard all summer time however haven’t turned their curiosity within the 23-year-old into a proper provide. The Athletic reported yesterday that Brighton haven’t acquired a proposal for the Spain worldwide from Man Metropolis, who is known to be a precedence signing for the reigning Premier League champions.

Football Insider lately reported {that a} deal to take Cucurella to Man Metropolis was near being accomplished, with private phrases agreed and the 2 golf equipment in superior negotiations concerning a charge. The Seagulls are mentioned to be looking for a determine of at the very least £50m from any membership studies The Athletic, however whether or not that arrives from Metropolis shall be seen over the subsequent few weeks.

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Amid this curiosity, conversations between Cucurella’s representatives and Brighton are at a preliminary stage over a brand new improved contract studies The Athletic, with the left-back nonetheless having 4 years remaining on his present deal, having signed solely final summer time.

The 23-year-old was the Seagull’s greatest participant final season following his transfer from Spain and the membership need to reward him for that type by providing him this contract, quite than reacting to Metropolis’s curiosity states The Athletic.

Brighton proprietor Tony Bloom was talking to BBC Radio Sussex lately about Cucurella and acknowledged by way of 90min: “Marc is an amazing participant, an amazing particular person. He’s sensible for the dressing room.

“The gamers love him, Graham and the coaches love him, I like him, the followers love him. He was unbelievably good final season, his first season within the Premier League.

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

If Man Metropolis need Cucurella a bid ought to arrive quickly, if not the Spaniard has earned himself a brand new contract; both means, the 23-year-old wins.