Double Blockbuster Deals: Brighton trying to secure deal for player viewed as ‘sleeping giant’ and Brighton Set to Sign a Promising Danny Welbeck Replacement, by ‘De Zerbi’ Manager keen to ‘wake him up’

Ansu Fati wants to finish the season on a bright note at Brighton & Hove Albion, where he’s been on loan since last summer.

The winger has managed four goals and an assist from 26 games, and Sport state his progression at The Amex was cut short by a calf injury last November.

It forced the Brighton man to spend over two months on the sidelines before returning to the pitch in February.

Roberto De Zerbi’s plan for the 21-year-old was going smoothly until he picked up an injury. The Seagulls manager is said to have full faith in him and considers the ‘mission is unfulfilled’ with the loanee.

Fati initially started as a substitute at the Premier League side before gaining prominence last October. This was part of the plan that was already laid out by De Zerbi, when he talked the player into joining Brighton.

For the Italian, the Barca owned player is a ‘sleeping giant’ and he’s determined to ‘wake him up’. There’s no sufficient time this season and therefore, Sport state Brighton will try to bring Fati back on another loan deal.

Despite the injury hindering De Zerbi’s plan, the manager is convinced Fati will ‘explode’ under his command.

There are rumours that the Italian’s future at The Amex is uncertain, and if he were to leave, it needs to be seen whether Brighton will still try to extend Fati’s loan deal.

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Brighton Are Eyeing A Potential Danny Welbeck Replacement

If you’ve watched Brighton at all this season, you know that Roberto De Zerbi likes to rotate who plays for him up front. Some weeks it’s João Pedro who starts up front. Others, it’s Irish wonderkid Evan Ferguson or Danny Welbeck.

Ferguson and Pedro are players Brighton know they can count on in the future. They can’t say the same for Danny Welbeck, and have started to look for his replacement. HITC’s Graeme Bailey reported this week that Vitoria Guimaraes’ Jota Silva is one of the names Brighton could sign to replace Welbeck.

The 24-year-old Portuguese international has 9 goals and 5 assists in the Primeira Liga this season. As a right-footed player, he predominantly plays as a right winger. Silva has also played through the middle for Vitoria Guimaraes as a traditional striker or as a No. 10.

Wherever he plays, Silva is elite at getting in dangerous areas. He is in the 89th percentile of European attackers for touches in the opposition penalty area and in the 86th percentile for shots taken. Only four players have more shots on target in Portugal than Silva.

Reportedly, Brighton are not the only side interested in signing Silva this summer. HITC claims Wolves, Leicester City, and Celtic are also interested in the versatile attacker.

Silva’s player profile is similar to João Pedro’s, which could make him a natural fit in De Zerbi’s Brighton, but it also could be cause for concern given how one-dimensional Brighton’s attack has looked at times this season.

The Seagulls re-signed Danny Welbeck to a two-year contract in 2022 for a few reasons. For one, he’s a valuable Premier League veteran and a great locker room influence. However, the biggest reason he’s been so important for Brighton is because he gives them a different look in attack.

Welbeck’s aerial presence is far superior than Pedro’s and his hold-up play is more consistent than Ferguson’s. He can’t press like either of them can, but the 33-year-old has an indescribable quality to pull a rabbit out of a hat and score a surprise goal that few Brighton players have right now.

Welbeck’s contract expires this June. It seems unlikely that Brighton will re-sign him, which leaves a massive hole in De Zerbi’s side. Jota Silva could be the man who fills that hole.

It’s also worth keeping in mind that Deniz Undav could come back from loan at Stuttgart to replace Welbeck. If that’s the case, Silva would be brought in to compete with Simon Adingra and Solly March on the right wing.