{"id":1003,"date":"2026-06-19T15:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:48:39","slug":"player-one-step-away-from-joining-brighton-seagulls-medical-expected-after-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/player-one-step-away-from-joining-brighton-seagulls-medical-expected-after-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Player \u2018one step away\u2019 from joining Brighton \u2013 Seagulls medical expected after World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sportwitness.co.uk\/brighton\/\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a> have agreed a deal to sell Jan Paul van Hecke to Tottenham Hotspur this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Netherlands international\u2019s exit will see the Seagulls look for his successor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brighton are focusing on Venezia\u2019s Michael Svoboda, after failing to make progress to sign Spurs\u2019 Luka Vu\u0161kovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Austria international has a \u20ac5m release clause that will come into effect from July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, Sport Witness <a href=\"https:\/\/sportwitness.co.uk\/brighton-formally-confirm-intention-to-trigger-e5m-clause-could-reach-agreement-with-player-next-week\/\">relayed news<\/a> that Brighton have informed the Italian club of their plan to activate the clause. They are also working on agreeing personal terms with the centre-back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Updates on Brighton\u2019s ongoing efforts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Journalist Lorenzo Lepore took to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lorenzooleporee\/status\/2067537106725974313\">X<\/a>, formerly known as Twitter, to report the English club haven\u2019t agreed with the defender yet. However, negotiations between the two parties are advancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttomercatoweb.com\/serie-a\/svoboda-passo-premier-league-venezia-incassa-5-brighton-2245519\">TuttoMercatoWeb<\/a> have a report on Michael Svoboda, and their title says he\u2019s \u2018one step away\u2019 from joining Fabian H\u00fcrzeler\u2019s side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion are ready to pay \u20ac5m for the defender, who would welcome a move to the Premier League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He now wants to focus on the World Cup with Austria, while TMW claims there will be more updates in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sky journalist Dennis Bayer also took to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/_dennisbayer\/status\/2067532908525486357\">X<\/a> to share a short but an important update. He claims The Amex club are in advanced negotiations with the 27-year-old regarding personal terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bayer adds there\u2019s also no clarity on the contract duration, and it\u2019s likely to be at least until 2029. If the two parties reach an agreement, there\u2019s expectation Svoboda will carry out a medical with Brighton after the World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Austria\u2019s World Cup fixtures and standings&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ralf Rangnick\u2019s men started the campaign with a 3-0 win over Jordan earlier this week. They are second in Group J, level on points with leaders Argentina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austria\u2019s remaining group stage fixtures are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>V Argentina on June 22nd<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>v Algeria on June 28th [UK time]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if Austria fail to make it to the next round, Brighton &amp; Hove Albion have to wait because Michael Svoboda\u2019s \u20ac5m clause is only valid from July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf9 Michael Svoboda | Brighton intend to trigger defender\u2019s clause \u27a1\ufe0f Now need to agree personal terms <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PbOubvA61o\">https:\/\/t.co\/PbOubvA61o<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/bhafc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bhafc<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014 Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sport_Witness\/status\/2067542531781415018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brighton &amp; Hove Albion have agreed a deal to sell Jan Paul van Hecke to Tottenham Hotspur this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003\/revisions\/1004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agajahub.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}