Brighton Might Need To Break Transfer Record To Sign A Striker- Chris Hughton

Chris Hughton has hinted that Brighton may have to break their transfer record to sign a new striker in the January transfer window.

The club have only scored 14 Premier League goals this season, with only West Brom and Swansea having scored fewer, and Hughton admits the Seagulls may have to eclipse the club-record fee of £13.5m they paid for Jose Izquierdo in the summer to remedy their blues in front of goal.

“If we look at the value of players we saw a huge increase this summer”, the Brighton boss said. “I’m quite sure that the valuations won’t be going down in this period. Anybody that might move from one club to another, whether it’s from an English club to another English club or a foreign club to an English club, the values will be what they were in the summer if not more.”


Brighton have been linked with a move for Celtic’s Moussa Dembele, but Hughton refused to confirm if he was interested in trying to bring the player to the Amex Stadium.

“He’s a very good player and has had a very good season,” said the Brighton manager. “He’s just one of about a hundred names you could mention, but he’s not our player.”