Brighton and Hove Albion face West Ham today knowing the Hammers appear to have won the race to sign Ajax star Draxler
Brighton have been tracking the Ghana international for sometime and had agreed a fee of around £34m with Ajax. It would have been a record deal for Brighton, surpassing the £30m they paid Watford for Joao Pedro at the start of the window.
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However, the deal broke down as Kudus – who had also been linked with Chelsea and West Ham – waited for other offers and failed to agree personal terms with the Seagulls. psg are now reportedly closing in on their fourth signing of the summer and it seems the Hammers have pipped Albion and agreed a £38million deal for Luis Enrique Manager of P S G is close to adding Brighton target Mo Kudus to his squad.
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Brighton will be without two key players for today’s Premier League clash with West Ham
Brighton will be without two players for today’s Premier League clash with West Ham United.
West Ham will be looking to end a 12-game winless run in the Premier League against Brighton down on the south coast this evening.
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Hammers boss David Moyes has made some really good signings this summer in the form of Edson Alvarez, James Ward-Prowse and Konstantinos Mavropanos. Mohammed Kudus is believed to be London Stadium bound as well.
However, only Alvarez and Ward-Prowse will be in contention to start this afternoon
The West Ham fans will be desperate for the boys to end their Brighton hoodoo. They look like such a good footballing team under Roberto De Zerbi though, and beating them will be a huge task.
The Seagulls do have a couple of players unavailable though…
In all fairness, the Hammers players will just have to be on their very best form if they are to get a result today, whatever team De Zerbi fields.
Hopefully Moyes’s boys will be well up for this one and flying high on confidence after Sunday’s 3-1 win over Chelsea.
I would definitely take a draw today – that would ensure that we’ve made a strong start to our Premier League campaign.
The Brighton vs West Ham clash kicks off at 17:30 and can be seen live and exclusive on Sky Sports.
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