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Brighton set to snub loan offers for starlet Evan Ferguson with striker, 18, ready to be part of Roberto de Zerbi's first-team squad for rest of the season following phenomenal start to his Premier League career

Brighton are ready to block any proposed loan move for striker Evan Ferguson following his latest performance against Everton on Tuesday night.

The 18-year-old Irishman, making his first Premier League start, stroked home Jeremy Sarmiento's cross into the top corner against Everton to become the youngest player to score in consecutive top-flight games since Federico Macheda for Manchester United in 2009.

Ferguson scored after coming on against Arsenal on New Year's Eve and that followed his top-flight debut as a late substitute in the Seagulls' 3-1 win at Southampton on December 26.