Evan Ferguson transfer hint dropped by Brighton boss as Arsenal ponder late move

Evan Ferguson, who has been hampered by a bid of niggling injuries since bursting connected to the country arsenic a teenager, has been linked with moves to Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen and West Ham during the January transportation window

Brighton brag Fabian Hurzeler had admitted Republic of Ireland striker Evan Ferguson simply needs to play determination to rediscover his apical form.

The 20-year-old frontman, hampered by a bid of niggling injuries since bursting connected to the country arsenic a teenager, has been linked with moves to Arsenal, Bayer Leverkusen and West Ham during the January transportation window.

Ferguson returned to grooming connected Wednesday aft his latest setback and could beryllium included successful the Seagulls squad for Saturday’s Premier League travel to Nottingham Forest.

However, asked if helium could beryllium allowed to permission the nine either connected a imperishable oregon indebtedness ground earlier Monday’s deadline, caput manager Hurzeler told a property conference: “I privation to support moving with him.

“But similar I’ve ever said, it’s important to sermon with him what is important for the idiosyncratic improvement of the subordinate due to the fact that that’s the main happening from the club. We privation to amended the improvement of the players, we privation to assistance them and truthful we request an exchange.

“Then we’ll spot what makes consciousness for the subordinate [over] the adjacent six months, what makes consciousness for the nine and past we volition marque a determination together. It won’t beryllium an idiosyncratic decision, ever a togetherness.

“I’ve felt successful the conversations I’ve had with Evan that helium lone wants to play, that’s his main thing, nary substance if it’s present oregon for different club.”

Such was Ferguson’s emergence that helium was handed a elder planetary debut successful a affable against Norway arsenic an 18-year-old successful November 2022 and scored his archetypal Ireland extremity against Latvia successful the pursuing March.

A hat-trick successful Brighton ’s 3-1 Premier League triumph against Newcastle successful September 2023 acceptable tongues wagging, but fittingness concerns for overmuch of the intervening play person seen him conflict to fulfil that aboriginal promise.

Hurzeler said: “I deliberation it’s hard if you person ever tiny issues, you can’t get successful your rhythm, that’s the main thing. We request to get him being unchangeable connected the pitch, being consistently connected the pitch, and truthful we effort to assistance him to get the close shape, to beryllium much resilient.

“He hasn’t forgotten however to people goals, he’s inactive a large information for each team. He shows it successful each league that helium has an unbelievable skill, and that’s besides our work to assistance him to get this signifier backmost wherever helium was once.

“I’m definite that helium volition beryllium back, but the astir important happening is that helium gets successful his bushed and that his assemblage is much resilient.”

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