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Yahoo
11 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Gossip: Cashin expected to leave Brighton on loan
Former Derby County centre-back Eiran Cashin could be set to leave Brighton on loan for the 2025-26 campaign with Bundesliga clubs reportedly interested, though a move to a Championship side has not been ruled out. (Derby Telegraph) Want more EFL transfer rumours? Check out Thursday's full gossip column Follow the gossip column on BBC Sport
BBC News
12 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Gossip: Cashin expected to leave Brighton on loan
Former Derby County centre-back Eiran Cashin could be set to leave Brighton on loan for the 2025-26 campaign with Bundesliga clubs reportedly interested, though a move to a Championship side has not been ruled out. (Derby Telegraph), external Want more EFL transfer rumours? Check out Thursday's full gossip columnFollow the gossip column on BBC Sport
New York Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- New York Times
Brighton sign centre-back Diego Coppola from Hellas Verona
Brighton & Hove Albion have confirmed the signing of Italian central defender Diego Coppola from Serie A side Hellas Verona. The 21-year-old established himself as a regular for Verona last season, featuring 34 times in Serie A as they finished 14th. He has signed a five-year contract on the south coast. Advertisement His form was recognised with a first senior call-up to the Italian national squad by former manager Luciano Spalletti in May and he made his debut in a 3-0 defeat to Norway, playing the whole match. Brighton have added the centre-half to Fabian Hurzeler's squad as part of a refresh in the middle of the defence. 'Diego is an exciting addition for the club,' said Hurzeler. 'Although he is still young, he is tall, strong and mobile and he will give us a real physical presence. 'He has made impressive progress in Serie A and deserved his call-up to the Italian national team. We look forward to helping him develop even more.' Diego is a Seagull! 💙🤍 — Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) June 17, 2025 Coppola emerged through the academy system at Verona to earn a reputation as a committed defender. A revamp of Brighton's defence is gathering pace, with Olivier Boscagli lined up on a free transfer from PSV Eindhoven. The 27-year-old Frenchman, a long-time target, will become a Brighton player on July 1 once his contract with the Dutch club has expired. Boscagli's arrival follows the £9m signing in January of 23-year-old Eiran Cashin from Championship side Derby County. Brighton's long-serving captain Lewis Dunk, who will be 34 in November, missed 13 league games through injury last season, which was more than in the previous two seasons combined. Injury problems for Adam Webster limited the 30-year-old to 22 of a possible 38 league appearances. Player of the season Jan Paul van Hecke was the only constant for head coach Fabian Hurzeler at the heart of the back line. Brazilian Igor Julio made a comeback from more than four months out with a hamstring injury in the final game of the season, a 4-1 victory at Tottenham, as Hurzeler's side missed out on Europe by finishing eighth. Advertisement Coppola is Brighton's second signing of the summer, having confirmed the arrival of Greek striker Charalampos Kostoulas from Olympiacos on Thursday. Wingers Yun Do-young and Tommy Watson also arrive at the club this summer after Brighton agreed deals to sign both players, from Daejeon Hana Citizen and Sunderland respectively, earlier this year.
New York Times
06-02-2025
- Business
- New York Times
Eiran Cashin to Brighton & Hove Albion: The Athletic 500 transfer ratings
Brighton & Hove Albion strengthened their defence in the winter transfer window by signing Eiran Cashin from Derby County on a deal worth £9million (€10.8m/$11.2m). Our writers — experts in transfers, tactics, data and football finance — have come together to rate January's senior Premier League transfers. This continues the project we launched last summer, but we have also made some significant tweaks to how we assess each deal. Advertisement Gone are the five scores out of 100, and in their place are 10 ratings out of 50. This should allow for much more nuance to be reflected in the analysis and, importantly, much more variability in the overall figure each transfer ends up with. Follow the link below for more background on the changes. GO DEEPER The Athletic 500: What we learned and why we've changed our transfer scoring system Cashin adds height and good on-the-ball ability to Brighton's beleaguered back line. Fabian Hurzeler's team have been one of the worst from set pieces in the Premier League this season, struggling to score from them at one end and keep them out at the other. Cashin is prolific in the air, winning 67 per cent of his 5.3 aerial duels per 90 minutes in the Championship this season. He uses his physicality well to outmuscle attackers on the ground too. In possession, Cashin prefers to pass with his stronger left foot and is capable of finding wide players with diagonal passes. He can play shorter passes with his right foot too, making him an asset in the build-up. Cashin is not the quickest defender, which could hurt Brighton defensively given the high line they deploy, especially in transitions. But he makes up for it with his smart positioning: his 2.2 interceptions per 90 is the best among all Championship defenders this season. Cashin's ball-carrying is an area that requires improvement too, but overall, this is a signing that will help Brighton in the short and long term. Cashin suffered the first major injury of his senior career in December 2024, with a hamstring problem ruling him out for a month. Apart from that, he has had a mostly clean slate, featuring in 87 of 92 league matches for Derby County across the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. A fee of £9million for a player yet to enter his peak years is excellent value for money. Cashin does not have any top-flight experience, spending most of his short career in League One, so this will be a big leap but his familiarity with the physicality of English football should help. Cashin has been handed a five-and-a-half-year contract, which makes sense for both parties given he is only 23 and just entering his best years as a professional, even if doubts will persist over his readiness for the Premier League. Cashin started 19 of Derby's 21 Championship matches prior to his hamstring injury in December, scoring once and helping Derby keep six clean sheets. They did not manage a clean sheet without him in the lineup, dropping from 14th when he got injured to 18th by the time he returned in January. His final two appearances for the club resulted in defeats to Watford and Cardiff City, leaving Derby in the relegation zone. Brighton have faced an injury crisis at centre-back this season and the need to bolster their depth was evident. Igor Julio is out for the season after undergoing hamstring surgery, while Adam Webster spent nearly three months on the sidelines towards the end of 2024 with a thigh injury. Club captain Lewis Dunk missed roughly two weeks of action in January with a calf issue too. Additionally, with Dunk and Webster out of contract in the summer of 2026, signing Cashin alleviates both short-term and long-term concerns. Given the club's requirements at centre-back and the fact that Cashin was a long-term Brighton target before Hurzeler's arrival, this deal will be pleasing to many fans. But there will be doubts over his ability to immediately contribute in the Premier League. A five-and-a-half-year contract secures Cashin's long-term future, while Brighton will ideally see him play out his peak years with them, knowing that they will stand a chance of profiting from a future sale too. The contract situation of their other centre-backs makes this a no-brainer too. Not many clubs were linked with Cashin, and this is not a signing that will prompt much reaction among Brighton's Premier League rivals. Brighton will not mind, though, as it addresses an important squad need. It is difficult to see Cashin's arrival massively impacting the plans of Brighton's marketing team. (Header photo: Getty Images)
BBC News
05-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Cashin 'future captain material'
BBC Derby reporter Ed Dawes says Brighton's new signing Eiran Cashin will have no problem adapting to life in the Premier to the Albion Unlimited podcast, Dawes said: "He's only 23 but he has played a lot of football. He went from the academy straight into the first team and I think he adapted really well."He is a head-it and kick-it man - he's hard. For a 23 year old, he is quite an old-fashioned defender; quite stocky, reading the game really well and not afraid of making big tackles. "He is very good in the air because he is built. When he leaps, he climbs, and he will score goals from corners. The fact that he is a Republic of Ireland Under-21 international, he has clearly got something that all of the best analysts in the game have spotted."I think he will take [moving into a Premier League dressing room] in his stride. He will have no problem being the voice in the huddle to get people going. He might be future captain material. "He is going to be a star."Not a Brighton fan? Find and follow your club hereListen to the full episode of Albion Unlimited here
