{"id":51578,"date":"2025-08-07T23:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51578\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T23:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:48:06","slug":"brighton-value-baleba-at-e120m-amid-man-united-man-city-interest-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51578\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton value Baleba at \u20ac120m amid Man United, Man City interest – sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brighton<\/a> have set an asking price of \u20ac120 million ($139.4m) for clubs wanting to pursue a deal for Carlos Baleba<\/a>, sources have told ESPN.<\/p>\n

The midfielder has attracted interest from Manchester United<\/a> and Manchester City<\/a>. Pep Guardiola has been a longtime admirer of the Cameroon<\/a> midfielder, while Ruben Amorim is also a fan of the 21-year-old.<\/p>\n

United have not made contact with Brighton, sources have told ESPN, and any deal would be made more difficult if they complete a move for Benjamin Sesko<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ESPN reported on Thursday that United had agreed a deal<\/a> worth in the region of \u20ac85m including add-ons for the RB Leipzig<\/a> forward.<\/p>\n

However, signing a midfelder is possible if they can move on players deemed surplus to requirements by Amorim such as Alejandro Garnacho<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sources have told ESPN that Baleba is happy to stay at the Amex this summer, with a move considered more likely in a year’s time.<\/p>\n

Carlos Baleba could become the latest player to leave Brighton in a lucrative transfer.\u00a0Charlie Crowhurst\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Baleba has emerged as a key player under head coach Fabian H\u00fcrzeler after adjusting to life in the Premier League<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He made 34 appearances for Brighton in the Premier League last season, scoring three goals and contributing one assist.<\/p>\n

Sources have told ESPN that Lille<\/a> would be due 20% of any future transfer fee that rises above the \u20ac30m it took Brighton to sign the player from the French club in 2023.<\/p>\n

Should Baleba leave the club in a lucrative transfer, he would become the latest in a long line of Brighton players who have been subject to big-money moves to other Premier League clubs.<\/p>\n

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Mois\u00e9s Caicedo<\/a>, Marc Cucurella<\/a> and Jo\u00e3o <\/a>Pedro<\/a> all play their football at Stamford Bridge, with the former moving in a \u00a3115m deal.<\/p>\n

Ben White<\/a>, Yves Bissouma<\/a> and Alexis Mac Allister<\/a> were signed by Arsenal<\/a>, Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> and Liverpool<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n

Baleba made 34 appearances for Brighton in the Premier League last season, scoring three goals and contributing one assist.<\/p>\n

Information from ESPN’s Rob Dawson contributed to this report<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brighton have set an asking price of \u20ac120 million ($139.4m) for clubs wanting to pursue a deal for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51579,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-51578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}