Brighton chief executive Paul Barber talks Roberto De Zerbi future; a successful season; fans expectations and 'New Deal'.
Former Sassuolo and Shakhtar Donetsk manager Roberto de Zerbi joined Brighton in September 2022 on a four-year-deal, succeeding Graham Potter“If that coffee machine was not working properly, I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised to see it on the lawn.”
“We have learned what he says externally is a little bit misunderstood. He speaks with his heart on his sleeve.” Yet for the second half of the campaign De Zerbi has behaved as though he has had enough of the ‘Brighton model’ and that he resents the restrictions imposed by it. “What we can’t control is a club anywhere in the world coming in and making an approach for him. But we knew that with Graham Potter, and Chris Hughton, who did a great job for us. We are very cognisant of that happening to us but we have a plan for all those eventualities.”In an era of over-spending, Brighton are viewed as the gold standard for how to run a club properly.
The philosophy is theoretically simple: scour the world for talent, which is recruited, honed and sold on for a vast profit. Think Moises Caicedo, signed as an 18-year-old from Ecuador for £4.5m, loaned to Belgian club Beerschot, then sold to Chelsea for £115m two years after his arrival. “What Roberto has done to keep us in the top 10 and the last 16 of the two biggest knockout competitions has been remarkable. I don’t think he has got half as much praise as he deserves for that achievement alone.
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