{"id":54672,"date":"2025-08-09T09:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/54672\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T09:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T09:37:07","slug":"what-brighton-sources-are-saying-about-jan-paul-van-heckes-contract-situation-amid-liverpool-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/54672\/","title":{"rendered":"What Brighton sources are saying about Jan Paul van Hecke&#8217;s contract situation amid Liverpool interest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>TBR Football can exclusively confirm where Brighton &amp; Hove Albion stand with Jan Paul van Hecke\u2019s contract talks amid interest from the likes of Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Jan Paul van Hecke has gone from strength to strength at Brighton, which has piqued the interest of <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/liverpool\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/tottenham-hotspur\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/newcastle-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle<\/a> among others.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds, Spurs and the Magpies are all interested in strengthening their defensive ranks, and Van Hecke has emerged as a player of interest.<\/p>\n<p>With Van Hecke\u2019s contract expiring in two years\u2019 time, Brighton will hope they can tie him down to a new deal \u2013 but it\u2019s proving difficult thus far.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"744\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2207601589-1024x744.jpg\" alt=\"Jan Paul van Hecke of Brighton &amp; Hove Albion during the Emirates FA Cup Quarter Final match between Brighton &amp; Hove Albion and Nottingham Forest at Amex Stadium on March 29, 2025\" class=\"wp-image-942182\" \/>Photo by Crystal Pix\/MB Media\/Getty ImagesBrighton yet to make Jan Paul van Hecke contract breakthrough as Premier League suitors circle<\/p>\n<p>TBR Football chief correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/graeme-bailey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Graeme Bailey<\/a> understands that Brighton are working hard to persuade Dutch star Van Hecke to sign a new contract.<\/p>\n<p>We are told that talks began at the turn of the year but, as yet, Brighton have been unable to finalise a deal to take him beyond his current contract which runs to 2027.<\/p>\n<p>We can confirm that Liverpool, Tottenham and Newcastle have all shown an interest in van Hecke \u2013 who has also been on the radar of Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVan Hecke was outstanding last season and I am told his performances caught the eye of a host of clubs \u2013 he is certainly one to keep an eye on,\u201d Bailey exclusively told TBR Football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrighton are working hard on a new deal, and they had hoped it would be finalised by now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TBR Football confirmed back in April that <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/newcastle-closely-watching-very-important-brighton-player\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle had their eye on Van Hecke<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa Top 5 League Centre-backs : Progressive actions<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd47 J. van Hecke (Brighton, 24) \u2014 414<br \/>\ud83e\udd48 \u00cd\u00f1igo Mart\u00ednez (Barcelona, 33) \u2014 410<br \/>\ud83e\udd49 Marcos Alonso (Celta Vigo, 34) \u2014 390<br \/>\ud83c\udfc5 N. Schlotterbeck (Dortmund, 25) \u2014 378<br \/>\ud83c\udfc5 J. Andersen (Fulham, 28) \u2014 364<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcca Free trial:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wZqLR7MwM7\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wZqLR7MwM7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DataMB (@DataMB_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataMB_\/status\/1911936053759336542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 15, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/surprising-liverpool-player-nominated-for-the-ballon-dor-alongside-salah-van-dijk-and-wirtz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Surprising Liverpool player nominated for the Ballon d\u2019Or alongside Salah, Van Dijk and Wirtz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What Jan Paul van Hecke could bring to Liverpool, Newcastle or Tottenham<\/p>\n<p>Van Hecke has considerable Premier League experience, having joined Brighton in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has made 91 appearances for the Seagulls, including 70 in the English top flight and seven in the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>Van Hecke is a physical and tall centre-back known for his great positional play, superb tackling abilities, and willingness to put his body on the line.<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Netherlands international is also a brilliant ball-playing defender who boasts impressive passing and ball-carrying skills.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of Van Hecke\u2019s talent, physicality, experience and age \u2013 he is yet to hit his prime as a centre-back \u2013 makes him an appealing option for the Premier League\u2019s top clubs.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TBR Football can exclusively confirm where Brighton &amp; Hove Albion stand with Jan Paul van Hecke\u2019s contract talks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[29199,1725,218,29965,708,941,101,919,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-54672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-brighton-and-hove-albion","tag-english-premier-league","tag-football","tag-jan-paul-van-hecke","tag-liverpool","tag-newcastle-united","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}