Brighton & Hove Albion chief executive Paul Barber does not shy from referring to Chelsea as his ‘best customer’. He will even joke they have ‘loyalty points’ with him after buying Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo, Robert Sanchez and Joao Pedro.
Now, Brighton are in talks with Chelsea’s owners again. That is BlueCo, who also own Strasbourg, the French side competing in Ligue 1, and this time, it is over Julio Enciso.
In a remarkable development on Wednesday, Chelsea’s owners reached an agreement to sign Enciso from the south coast club in a deal worth £13.