Brighton will reportedly allow Evan Ferguson to depart the club on loan in January (Image: GETTY)
, and could face a transfer battle in January as will reportedly allow Evan Ferguson to complete a loan move away from the AMEX Stadium. The 20-year-old was tipped for stardom at the top of the game after bagging a hat-trick against at the start of last season but has since slipped down the pecking order on the south coast.
He has featured in seven matches this season, with Brighton enjoying an impressive start to the campaign under new manager Fabian Huerzler.
But six of those appearances have come as a substitute as Danny Welbeck, Georginio Rutter and Joao Pedro have often been selected ahead of the Republic of Ireland international.
Ferguson has clearly been unable to convince Huerzler thus far of his credentials to be a regular starter in the . And, according to , the striker is desperate for more minutes.
Brighton are said to value the star at £60million but don’t want to move him on permanently.
And he is likely to move to a rival club on loan after being handed a new six-year contract a year ago.
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Brighton striker Evan Ferguson bagged a hat-trick against Newcastle at the start of last season (Image: GETTY)
Ferguson has already featured 74 times for Brighton since joining the club from Bohemians in his homeland at the start of 2021.
He has bagged 17 goals for the Seagulls and has also found the back of the net four times in 18 games for his country.
, and United were all in securing the player’s signature in the aftermath of his star performances last season. But he is now being linked with a move to the likes of Leicester, Fulham, West Ham and .
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Ferguson was lauded for his hat-trick against the Magpies last September, which came when he was only 18 years old.
And former England striker Chris Sutton wrote in the at the time: “He reminds me of a young Alan Shearer. That’s what I see when I look at Evan Ferguson.
“I had the best seat in the house to watch Alan score a bundle of goals for Blackburn. The natural feel to his finishing, his physicality, his positioning. Ferguson is only 18, but already he is displaying the attributes that made Alan a total menace for defenders.
“He will know he’s got a long way to go if he wants to keep being compared to someone such as Alan Shearer for the remainder of his career. He might end up as the biggest Brighton transfer yet – and they got £115million for Moises Caicedo.”