Team News - Brighton & Hove Albion (h)
- James
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
“Not yet (not decided). But he’s a fantastic player. He will need another contract, and maybe it could be here. In case he’s playing his best football, we will want him. Maybe other teams could be involved in the interest for him.
“The first part of the season was not enough. He was working, he was trying, but he was not achieving the performances needed. I spoke to him a few times about the challenge he has, and he must be very demanding in himself, like he is now.
"There’s no time to wait for anyone. We need everyone to be focused, with their qualities and preparation, to play helping the team. We believed in him at the start of the season, we believed in him in December, and we believe in him now, and I believe he’s getting better.”
Unai Emery on Jadon Sancho
Available First Team Players | 21 |
Goalkeeper
GK Emiliano Martínez 🇦🇷 €17.40m | 33 |
GK Marco Bizot 🇳🇱 Free | 34 |
Defenders
CB Pau Torres 🇪🇸 €33.00m | 29 |
CB Tyrone Mings 🏴 €22.30m | 32 |
CB Ezri Konsa 🏴 €13.30m | 28 |
CB Victor Lindelöf 🇸🇪 Free | 31 |
Full Backs
LB Ian Maatsen 🇳🇱 €44.50m | 23 |
LB Lucas Digne 🇫🇷 €30.00m | 32 |
RB Matty Cash 🇵🇱 €15.75m | 28 |
Midfielders
DM Amadou Onana 🇧🇪 €59.35m | 24 |
AM Emiliano Buendía 🇦🇷 €38.40m | 29 |
AM Morgan Rogers 🏴 €9.40m | 23 |
CM Ross Barkley 🏴 €5.90m | 32 |
DM Lamare Bogarde 🇳🇱 Youth | 22 |
M George Hemmings 🏴 Youth | 18 |
AM Harvey Elliott 🏴 Loan | 22 |
M Douglas Luiz 🇧🇷 Loan | 27 |
Wingers
RW Leon Bailey 🇯🇲 €32.00m | 28 |
LW Jadon Sancho 🏴 Loan | 25 |
Forwards
CF Ollie Watkins 🏴 €34.00m | 30 |
CF Tammy Abraham 🏴 €21.00m | 28 |
Injuries | 5 |
"I can't speak about the injured players because I need to check with the doctor for some small issues. Normally, the players who were out are out, and we have enough players to compete and prepare the game."
Unai Emery
Injury | 5 |
RW Alysson 🇧🇷
Injury: Unknown
Absent since: n/a
Matches missed to date: n/a
Update: 6 Feb 2026: “Alysson is coming back progressively.”
Expected return: 21 Feb 2026
DM Boubacar Kamara 🇫🇷
Injury: Knee
Absent since: 18 Jan 26
Matches missed to date: 6
Update: 28 Jan 2026: "Kamara, he had surgery. He had it, and he's going to be out for the rest of the season.”
Expected return: 2026-27 Season
CM John McGinn 🏴
Injury: Unknown
Absent since: 21 Jan 26
Matches missed to date: 5
Update: 28 Jan 2026: “McGinn, more or less, is 6-8 weeks out.”
Expected return: 11 Apr 2026
RB Andrés García 🇪🇸
Injury: Hamstring
Absent since: 25 Jan 26
Matches missed to date: 4
Update: 28 Jan 2026: "Andres García is out for three weeks. He has a hamstring injury, a small injury.”
Expected return: 21 Feb 2026
CM Youri Tielemans 🇧🇪
Injury: Ankle
Absent since: 29 Jan 26
Matches missed to date: 3
Update: 28 Jan 2026: “Tielemans is 8-10 weeks out. It was his ankle.”
Expected return: 18 Apr 2026
“As a coach, I have to adapt in everything, but we have enough players, and we have other centre-midfielders.
“We must work, and of course, I believe in them, but someone like (Amadou) Onana needs to be consistent, because he had some small injuries, and of course now, we are trying to keep him playing a lot of matches, how we can manage his progress and his availability each match, and, of course, he’s very important for us.
“Ross Barkley is coming back after being injured, and he’s ready – another very important player, and of course, we have Douglas Luiz, and his adaptation again is being good.
Unai Emery
Youth from | 9 |
GK Sam Proctor 🏴 €120k | 19 |
GK James Wright 🏴 Youth | 21 |
GK Rhys Oakley 🏴 Youth | 17 |
GK Ronnie Hollingshead 🏴 Free | 21 |
CB Leon Routh 🏴 Youth | 18 |
CB TJ Carroll 🏴 Youth | 18 | LB Travis Patterson 🏴 Youth | 20 |
AM Bradley Burrowes 🏴 Youth | 17 |
CF Brian Madjo 🏴 Youth | 19 |
“Every player, the injured players, and the players (who) are available, they are very important, and they must feel our confidence, they must feel how we can protect them in our structure tactically, to feel comfortable, to feel confident, to play the same way we want.
Unai Emery
Out on Loan | 26 |
1. Josh Feeney 🏴 Youth | 20 | Huddersfield Town 🏴
2. Kosta Nedeljkovic 🇷🇸 €7.60m | 20 | RB Leipzig 🇩🇪
3. Oliwier Zych 🇵🇱 Youth | 21 | Raków Częstochowa 🇵🇱
4. Tommi O'Reilly 🏴 Youth | 22 | Crewe Alexandra 🏴
5. Enzo Barrenechea 🇦🇷 €8.00m | 24 | Benfica 🇵🇹
6. Joe Gauci 🇦🇺 €1.50m | 25 | Port Vale 🏴
7. Lewis Dobbin 🏴 €11.80m | 23 | Preston North End 🏴
8. Ewan Simpson 🏴 €290k | 19 | Hamilton Academical 🏴
9. Triston Rowe 🏴 Youth | 19 | FC Annecy 🇫🇷
10. Thierry Katsukunya 🏴 Youth | 20 | Real Unión 🇪🇸
11. Max Lott 🏴 Youth | 18 | Stratford Town 🏴
12. Sil Swinkels 🇳🇱 Youth | 22 | Chesterfield 🏴
13. Aidan Borland 🏴 Youth | 18 | Swindon Town 🏴
14. Ashton McWilliams 🏴 Youth | 18 | Morecambe 🏴
15. Kane Taylor 🏴 Youth | 20 | Oldham 🏴
16. Donyell Malen | 🇳🇱 | €25.00m | 26 | AS Roma 🇮🇹
17. Charlie Pavey 🏴 Youth | 18 | Hereford 🏴
18. Yasin Özcan 🇹🇷 €7.00m | 19 | Besiktas 🇹🇷
19. Evann Guessand 🇨🇮 €30.00m | 24 | Crystal Palace 🏴
20. Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba 🏴 Youth | 19 | West Bromwich Albion 🏴
21. Ben Broggio 🏴 Youth | 19 | Falkirk 🏴
22. Louie Barry 🏴 €1.00m | 22 | Stockport County 🏴
23. Samuel Iling-Junior 🏴 €14.00m | 22 | Pisa Sporting Club 🇮🇹
24. Kadan Young 🏴 Youth | 20 | Reading 🏴
25. Lino Sousa 🏴 Free | 21 | Rotherham United 🏴
26. CF Rory Wilson 🏴 €440k | 20 | Sturm Graz 🇦🇹
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