They've made various announcements over recent months about building a new stadium, most recently announcing their proposed site. However Brighton better than anyone know that the stage they're at is still early and that a hell of a lot can happen between 1) locating a site and 2) actually...
That's the going rate of Premier League players in this market. Harry Maguire went for 18m and he's no better than Dunk.
You either pay the going rate or you take risks with untested players. Thems the choices.