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  8. 'I want to have a more positive season' - Milner

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    James Milner says he is "feeling good" after a "long journey" back to fitness.

    Milner underwent routine knee surgery after a knock in training in August 2024 but complications with the operation led to a long period of rehab.

    The 39-year-old returned after nine months out in the final game of last season.

    "I'm not 100% yet. We haven't had too much of pre-season but I've been training hard," Milner told the Seagulls' media team from the club's training camp in Spain.

    "Nine months is a long time out so that takes time but I've been working hard over the summer and come back in the best possible shape I can.

    "After all the things that happened in the last year or so, I'm feeling good to be fair.

    "The early part of the rehab was to just get the knee moving again so I could do my knee rehab. We tried everything in the gym and hyperbaric chambers, hot coals, all different types of therapies.

    "Sean Duggan the physio was incredible. It's not a common injury. At that time it was a difficult ask to come back and play but through the physio department and Sean's hard work - it was a long journey and a difficult one but the challenge of coming back from it at my age was what drove me on."

    Milner is now preparing for his 24th Premier League season and is 16 appearances away from breaking Gareth Barry's all-time record. The three-time Premier League winner never thought about giving up despite his lengthy spell on the sidelines.

    "I wouldn't say there was dark times but there was frustrating times," he added.

    "There was times where I'd get to five or six weeks constantly then needed a break for two or three days, just a change of scenery to regain the focus and the intensity.

    "I wouldn't say I got too down about it. There is the determination to get back and try and contribute and help the manager and club move forward. I want to have a more positive season this time round."

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  11. 'Settled team selection' - fans on Brighton's guaranteed starters

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    We asked for your views on who Brighton's nailed-on starters should be next season after boss Fabian Hurzeler explained "we have to make decisions about selling and loaning players".

    You can read his comments below this post but here are some of your views on who will be a sure starter for the Seagulls:

    Kynan: Nailed-on starters are Bart Verbruggen, Jan Paul van Hecke, Carlos Baleba, Kaoru Mitoma and Georginio Rutter. Everyone else is a rotation option with multiple players in each position.

    Tony: Verbruggen, Van Hecke, Baleba, Mitoma, Minteh and Danny Welbeck. They will all start the first game. Every other place is up for grabs.

    Fran: You have to start some of the new signings. Pointless paying money and not playing them. Verbruggen definitely. Not sure you can leave Van Hecke out - and then start Diego Coppola alongside him. Mitoma, Rutter, Yasin Ayari, Welbeck, Brajan Gruda and Baleba have to start. Players are not going to be happy not playing - especially Matt O'Riley, Mats Wieffer and Tom Watson, who will think it would have been better staying with Sunderland, where he would play regularly. I don't envy Hurzeler trying to select his team. One thing we need this season is a settled team selection.

    Jonas: A 3-4-3 formation with Verbruggen in goal. This would suit the current players and manager. We should play with a back three of Van Hecke, Lewis Dunk and Olivier Boscagli; a midfield of Diego Gomez, Baleba, Ayari and Solly March; and three-pronged attack of Mitoma, Welbeck and Rutter.

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  15. Dunk? Van Hecke? Baleba? Tell us who Brighton's nailed-on starters are

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    With so many incomings at Brighton already this summer, along with a number of players returning from loan spells, BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast team believes Fabian Hurzeler could have quite the "headache" when it comes to picking his starting XI for the new season.

    There are still question marks over a few of the players' futures too, which adds to the difficulties in deciding who will be guaranteed a place come August.

    In fact, after Wednesday's friendly win over Stoke in Spain, Hurzeler said: "The squad is quite big at the moment but I think they understand their roles. We are one step further than we were, and now we have to make decisions about selling and loaning players."

    On this week's podcast, BBC Radio Sussex Brighton reporter Johnny Cantor named who he believes is mostly like to make the starting XI at the beginning of the season.

    "I would probably say Bart Verbruggen. I would say initially Lewis Dunk because I think he will start. I won't necessarily say Pervis Estupinan as I'm not sure he will be there or not. I would say Carlos Baleba, Georginio Rutter, Yankuba Minteh, Kaoru Mitoma and Danny Welbeck.

    "If they are all fit, and bearing in mind Stefanos Tzimas and Charalampos Kostoulas are coming to a new club and environment, that's how I think the attacking end will look.

    "I didn't say Jan Paul van Hecke - because that would mean neither of the two new defensive signings would play - and you have got Adam Webster and Igor Julio sitting on the bench or not involved at all as well. They won't have four centre-backs."

    Former Albion forward Warren Aspinall added: "I will go with three or four - Mitoma, Verbruggen and Van Hecke. I'm not even putting Carlos Baleba in there."

    So who do you think are Brighton's guaranteed choices? Do you agree with Johnny and Warren's, or are there other players who should be included?

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  16. 'We are at a higher level than my first pre-season'

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    Fabian Hurzeler, speaking after Brighton's 3-1 pre-season victory over Stoke in Spain: "A win is always important in a test game or not. It gives the players self-confidence. I think we saw positives, negatives and things to improve.

    "We had some new players on the pitch who adapted and understood our ideas quite quickly. They have big potential and they showed it here.

    "[Compared to my first pre-season] we have better relationships, we have known each other a long time now. Overall, we are on a higher level but there are always things to improve.

    "The squad is quite big at the moment but I think they understand their roles. We are one step further than we were, and now we have to make decisions about selling and loaning players.

    "I really want to work with the players, no matter how many we have."

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  20. Seagulls beat Stoke in Spain friendly

    Summer signing Diego Coppola was on target as Brighton beat Championship side Stoke City 3-1 in a friendly in Spain.

    Defender Coppola, who joined Albion from Hellas Verona in June, headed in to restore his side's lead in the second half.

    Earlier, Karou Mitoma's deflected effort had put Fabian Hurzeler's team ahead, before they were pegged back by a Lewis Baker penalty before the break.

    Georginio Rutter completed the scoring late on.

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  23. 'Modern full-back' De Cuyper will 'benefit' from Brighton move

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    New Brighton left-back Maxim de Cuyper has "picked the right environment" by joining the Seagulls, says Belgium football podcaster Ben Jackson.

    The 24-year-old joined earlier this month from Belgian Pro League side Club Brugge for a reported £17.5m.

    Speaking to BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast, Jackson said: "I wouldn't say I was surprised he was going to the Premier League, but part of me was surprised he went to Brighton with some of the other clubs he was linked with.

    "There was a lot of talk about Italian sides like AC Milan in Serie A, so it always felt like he would end up in Italy. But, when Brighton popped up from the Premier League I thought, 'yeah, that does kind of make sense'.

    "There is the link between Brighton and another Belgian side Union Saint-Gilloise anyway so it's not like they wouldn't have that understanding of who he is.

    "For him, while he may sacrifice a bit European football, in the long run he should benefit more from this move than one of the Serie A giants.

    "He is joining a side in Brighton where development is encouraged in the way they bring players through. I think he is ready and I think he has picked the right environment."

    Full-back De Cuyper has spent his whole career in Belgium, but played in the Champions League for Brugge, including games against Aston Villa.

    On where his best position is, Jackson explained: "As a left-back he is most comfortable, that is where he played in youth teams and Westerlo.

    "It was tricky when he went to Club Brugge as they had just signed another young left-back and they were trying to fit them both in. They played De Cuyper at right-back and it didn't really work. They didn't get the best out of him and he looked really uncomfortable.

    "He has played slightly further up on international duty, but you don't want him further up than left midfield.

    "He is very creative, his assist numbers are good and he has got an eye for goal."

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  24. Brighton youngster Yoon makes Eredivisie loan move

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    Brighton winger Yoon Do-young has joined Dutch top-flight side Excelsior Rotterdam on a season-long loan deal.

    The South Korea Under-20 international signed a a five-year contract to join the Seagulls in March but was loaned back to Daejeon Hana Citizen for the remainder of the season before officially completing the move on 1 July.

    Technical director David Weir said: "We planned for Yoon to spend his first season on loan, so we're pleased that he will get that opportunity in a top European league.

    "The priority for him this season is to acclimatise to life in Europe – he is a young guy and we hope a positive settling in period can be the foundation to a really successful time here."

    Yoon, 18, made 33 appearances for Daejeon Hana Citizen, scoring once and assisting four times.