Brighton will play European football for the first time in their history next season after Evan Ferguson scored twice in a 3-1 win
have proved, you are only ever as “established” as your league position allows. But Brighton have the infrastructure, the players and, no doubt, the manager to take on opponents at any level without fear.
That is a lesson that does not seem to need spelling out to Evan Ferguson. The teenage striker scored two accomplished goals, full ofwhile many appeared to be on edge. His first was a brutish effort that mugged Lyanco and smashed past Alex McCarthy; his second, a placed finish off an expert Kaoru Mitoma cross. If you squint there is a Shearer-esque quality to his game and already he is tipped for clubs at the very top.
Yet six months ago no one had heard of him, and you could say the same for Julio Enciso or Facundo Buonanotte, who shared Brighton’s right-hand side here. Stretch the period to 12 months and there’s Mitoma or Moisés Caicedo, with even Alexis Mac Allister only faintly on the radar. This squad is stacked with talent who appear able to step instantly on to the most demanding stage in league football.
Sellés revealed he had had no interaction with his bosses over his future, despite the apparently imminent arrival of Russell Martin as the new head coach at St Mary’s. Sellés has obviously relished his brief time in the Premier League bear pit, a tactician who has enjoyed pitting his wits against more garlanded coaches, including De Zerbi whom he described as “one of the best in the world when you talk about possession”.
Speaking after his tour of the Amex Stadium – “There’s a celebration out there … I don’t know why” – De Zerbi confessed the target within the dressing room had in fact been the Champions League. But his main message was for next season and the need to keep pushing.
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