Brighton boss Tony Bloom was interviewed recently and talked about the transfer rumors between Baleba and Manchester United.

This summer, there were rumors in the media that Manchester United was interested in bringing in Baleba. Bloom said: "I don't think the Baleba thing can be regarded as a'long soap opera'. Manchester United was indeed interested in him, but we said he was not for sale this summer, and then they gave up. So, we have experienced much bigger problems than this in the past. 'Soap Opera '."

"But Baleba has made great progress, he is an extremely important player for Brighton, and we are very happy that he can be with us this season."

Brighton winger Kaoru Misaki has also been a target of interest from other teams, especially the interest from Saudi Arabia in the winter window. Broome said: "There certainly was some stronger interest in January, but Kaoru Mikasa is completely committed to this football club. He is another key player for us who has performed extremely well."

"Again, we are delighted that he is part of our squad as we know that some of our best players will be sold on occasion. However, when this happens we don't want to lose too many players at once and we always try to ensure that the new players coming in can help deal with the situation. , but this is the norm that almost every club will face. "

"Unless you're maybe a club like Manchester City, Liverpool, Real Madrid, PSG, almost all clubs' best players will eventually be sold and it's our responsibility to make sure we're as prepared as possible for that. We can't always get the timing right, but we try to be as prepared as possible to make sure that when every season starts, we have a very, very competitive squad. "