{"id":287025,"date":"2023-08-29T00:34:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=287025"},"modified":"2023-08-29T00:34:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:34:33","slug":"carlos-baleba-arrives-for-medical-ahead-of-brighton-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/carlos-baleba-arrives-for-medical-ahead-of-brighton-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Baleba arrives for medical ahead of Brighton move"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Brighton close to completing \u00a325m deal for Lille midfielder Carlos Baleba as 19-year-old arrives for medical after agreeing a five-year contract<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brighton are close to agreeing a deal for Lille midfielder Carlos Baleba\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Baleba could join Brighton for \u00a325m as a replacement for Moises Caicedo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Would Mohamed Salah &#8216;do the dirty&#8217; on Liverpool by leaving? And what about Man United &#8216;diving&#8217;?: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off, Mail Sport&#8217;s new podcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brighton are closing a \u00a325m deal for Lille midfielder Carlos Baleba after he arrived for a medical on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old, who was on the bench for Lille against Lorient on Sunday, has agreed a five year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Baleba is coming in to replace\u00a0Moises Caicedo, who joined Chelsea for \u00a3100million plus \u00a315million in add-ons.<\/p>\n<p>The prospect, who was born in Cameroon, is a product of Lille&#8217;s academy.<\/p>\n<p>Baleba has has made 24 appearances in total for Lille since making his debut in August 2022.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74788339-12454907-Brighton_are_closing_in_on_an_agreement_for_Lille_s_Carlos_Baleb-a-1_1693264131376.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brighton are closing in on an agreement for Lille&#8217;s Carlos Baleba in a \u00a325million deal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74788499-12454907-Brighton_manager_Roberto_De_Zerbi_wants_to_strengthen_in_midfiel-a-2_1693264134979.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi wants to strengthen in midfield, with Baleba his key target<\/p>\n<p>He is a strong, left-footed, all rounder who can break up the play and drive forward with the ball.<\/p>\n<p>As one Premier League scout observed: &#8216;There is very little missing in his game. He has speed, technical ability, aggression and intelligence. He will develop more physically too as he&#8217;s only 19.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>So far in this transfer window Brighton have signed Bart Verbruggen, Joao Pedro, Mahmoud Dahoud, James Milner and Igor Julio.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/29\/00\/74788539-12454907-Brighton_are_eager_to_bring_in_a_midfielder_following_Moises_Cai-a-3_1693264140721.jpg\" height=\"453\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Brighton are bringing in the midfielder following Moises Caicedo&#8217;s move to Chelsea<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12454907\/Brighton-close-completing-25m-deal-Lille-midfielder-Carlos-Baleba-19-year-old-arrives-medical-agreeing-five-year-contract.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Brighton close to completing \u00a325m deal for Lille midfielder Carlos Baleba as 19-year-old arrives for medical after agreeing a five-year contract Brighton are close to <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/carlos-baleba-arrives-for-medical-ahead-of-brighton-move\/\" title=\"Carlos Baleba arrives for medical ahead of Brighton move\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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