[Albion] Mercurial, majestic, magnificent Mitoma [20/10/23: New deal signed]

[AZ Gull]

Maybe but I believe pretty well everything on The Brighton Bubble has at least been mooted on here already?

I would suspect a lot more stuff gets brought up on here after someone has seen the Brighton Bubble account tweet about it!

 

[Weststander]

Reports that Bayern may offer between €40m and €45m for Mitoma having sent scouts to Brighton to watch him several times already. https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/2025/bayern-munich-take-interest-in-brightons-kaoru-mitoma/

SSN Germany corroborating this:

Scouts …. reports of a Dornier over Lancing?

 

[pigmanovich]

Maybe but I believe pretty well everything on The Brighton Bubble has at least been mooted on here already?

Not everyone is on NSC?

 

[Flounce]

Not everyone is on NSC?

I know, just an observation that those on here may have already seen it. Pops up on X for me but seldom has anything that turns up that I haven’t already seen on here

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

All this talk of this being a transitional season will look pretty daft if we sell Mitoma AND Pedro over the summer, we can't honestly expect any kind of improvement if we're selling two of our best players every season and replacing them with more kids.

This is our problem. We are forever going to be in transition under the current "model". Especially with all the loans and a few new players to fit in again.

 

[Jackthelad]

45 million would be an absolute piss take. He would leave a gaping hole that none of our current players could fill.

 

[GT49er]

F.uck



The comments are hilarious. The German fans clearly have no idea how good he is.

Indeed. There are some truly ignorant fokkers on there!

 

[dwayne]

Indeed. There are some truly ignorant fokkers on there!

They are going mad because he's not wirtz ...yet mitomas numbers are almost exactly the same in a much stronger league playing for a relatively weaker team.

 

[Weststander]

45 million would be an absolute piss take. He would leave a gaping hole that none of our current players could fill.

Cashin.

 

[Whitechapel]

I would disagree with that - can't speak about 'The Brighton Place' as I know nothing about that account but the Brighton Bubble account absolutely offers something to Albion fans (who are interested in gossip/rumour/reports about Albion). They wouldn't have 32,500 followers if they didn't.

I honestly can't see why people have anything against such an account - it's not as they they are making stuff up themselves, merely reporting stuff that gets reported elsewhere.

(Just to be clear, I have no particular interest in the Brighton Bubble account, and don't even follow it myself, but they absolutely provide a service to literally thousands of other Albion fans).

Agree with the general point but Brighton Bubble used to engagement bait quite a lot, especially with Chelsea fans.

When they aren’t doing that they do a great job. They come across as a monumental nerd/loser when they start acting like a knobhead though

 

[Zeberdi]

This is our problem. We are forever going to be in transition under the current "model". Especially with all the loans and a few new players to fit in again.

Well we haven’t been every season and won’t be forever, we have peaks and troughs over a long term upward trajectory.

BUT even so, better to be in ‘transition’ and a top 10 Club pushing for Europa/Conference than a Big 6 Club facing points deductions/competition charges/expulsion; Or a Big 6 Club playing so badly, they’re just above the drop zone; Or one that’s being bled dry by its owners and is in utter shambles; Or one that’s saddled itself with expensive players on very long contracts that are underperforming/depreciating and will have trouble selling.

I don’t think we do too badly in a very competitive field.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Well we haven’t been every season and won’t be forever, we have peaks and troughs over a long term upward trajectory.

BUT even so, better to be in ‘transition’ and a top 10 Club pushing for Europa/Conference than a Big 6 Club facing points deductions/competition charges/expulsion; Or a Big 6 Club playing so badly, they’re just above the drop zone; Or one that’s being bled dry by its owners and is in utter shambles; Or one that’s saddled itself with expensive players on very long contracts that are underperforming/depreciating and will have trouble selling.

I don’t think we do too badly in a very competitive field.

Nope. But a lot harder to win a cup if your priority is buying players to sell over buying players to win something

 

[Mancgull]

I expect that we’ve agreed a cheaper deal if a CL team come in for him but I’d hope for more than £40m. However, age and contract length also come into play.
We did only pay £2.5m for Karou.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Well we haven’t been every season and won’t be forever, we have peaks and troughs over a long term upward trajectory.

BUT even so, better to be in ‘transition’ and a top 10 Club pushing for Europa/Conference than a Big 6 Club facing points deductions/competition charges/expulsion; Or a Big 6 Club playing so badly, they’re just above the drop zone; Or one that’s being bled dry by its owners and is in utter shambles; Or one that’s saddled itself with expensive players on very long contracts that are underperforming/depreciating and will have trouble selling.

I don’t think we do too badly in a very competitive field.

Correct - some folk just love complaining without a single realistic alternative to keeping the club sustainable.

 

[oldboyroy]

Reports that Bayern may offer between €40m and €45m for Mitoma having sent scouts to Brighton to watch him several times already. https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/2025/bayern-munich-take-interest-in-brightons-kaoru-mitoma/

SSN Germany corroborating this:

Double it and they may have a chance

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I expect that we’ve agreed a cheaper deal if a CL team come in for him but I’d hope for more than £40m. However, age and contract length also come into play.
We did only pay £2.5m for Karou.

Contract length is 2 years ffs

 

[Mancgull]

Contract length is 2 years ffs

That’s what I mean. He’s 28 and only has 2? Years left. Therefore £40/45m isn’t ridiculous and I expect his contract extension was based on us not standing oin his way if a CL club comes calling.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

That’s what I mean. He’s 28 and only has 2? Years left. Therefore £40/45m isn’t ridiculous and I expect his contract extension was based on us not standing oin his way if a CL club comes calling.

Proven EPL and international player at his prime with 2 years left of his contract doesn't equate to 45M

 

[Mustafa II]

He's not going anywhere.

 

[Kit Napper]

I think the club will want to do right by Mitoma, who's been a model professional. If he'd like to have a crack at winning titles and competing in the Champions League (and why wouldn't he) then we won't play hardball over the fee in the way we did with Caicedo. We'll still negotiate the best price we can but we won't risk keeping a disappointed player on our books.

If he does go to Bayern it would at least more palatable for us than seeing him at another PL club.