Brighton keen on Nicolas Gonzalez transfer for club-record £25m from Stuttgart this summer
BRIGHTON are eyeing a move for Argentine hotshot Nicolas Gonzalez.
Signing a new striker is Albion’s priority this summer and they hold a long-standing interest in the £25million-rated Stuttgart forward.
Though Graham Potter’s side face competition from Italian outfit Fiorentina.
Brighton may have to break their club-record for a transfer fee – which is currently the £20m they shelled out for Adam Webster to land the 23-year-old.
Versatile Gonzalez can play across the forward line and was used largely on the left-hand side of the attack for Stuttgart last season.
He managed six goals in 15 Bundesliga appearances, but has been sidelined since February with a muscular tear.
Gonzalez is currently away with his country at the Copa America.
The ex-Argentinos Juniors star was linked with a move to Tottenham earlier this year.
And Leeds were also said to be targeting the player last summer with Marcelo Bielsa understood to be a fan of his compatriot.
Brighton are also tracking Celtic forward Odsonne Edouard, but the £15m-rated Frenchman looks more likely to move to Leicester.
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The Seagulls also want a left wing-back this summer to provide competition to Solly March.
While they will also move for a replacement for Arsenal target Yves Bissouma should the Mali star leave the club this summer.
But they are unlikely to move for a new defender should England new-boy Ben White depart as the club already feel well stocked at centre-back.
White, like Bissouma, is also believed to be a target of Mikel Arteta as the Gunners gaffer eyes up a squad shake-up this transfer window.