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Inside Brighton’s rise: former Head of Football Operations David Burke on building the foundations for Premier League success
16.10.26, 17:24 Updated 17.10.26, 10:51 11 Minute Read
Brighton sign promising young players, develop them and sell them on for a substantial profit, all whilst improving on the pitch. Tony Bloom is a numbers man. Water is wet.
By now, the broad strokes of Brighton & Hove Albion’s model are familiar enough to barely require explaining. The club’s recruitment has become a defining feature of its identity, and the art of identifying undervalued talent remains a source of fascination across football.
The names change. The fees fluctuate. Talk about who will be the next to jump ship for a bigger outfit rarely falls silent.
But knowing what the Seagulls do is a far cry from understanding how they came to do it.
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