Facundo Buonanotte to join Premier League club Brighton from Rosario Central

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Facundo Buonanotte will join Premier League club Brighton from Rosario Central.

Buonanotte will be playing with fellow Argentine Alexis Mac Allister at Brighton. According to César Luis Merlo, there is an agreement in principle for the 17 year old to the club at the end of the year.

The Argentine midfielder will sign until June 2027 for $10 million with Rosario Central getting 20% of future sales. He is part of Javier Mascherano’s Argentina U20 team, having played in the Toulon tournament back in June.

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  1. This is a very good move. Don’t go by the position of Brighton in the table. Graham Potter is considered one of the brightest football managers. One big reason why McAllister gets called, I think. This could be very good development for a 17 year old. Won’t win a Premier League, but should develop nicely.

    • EPL teams are not allowed to sign any non English younger than 18 years old I think. I think I read it somewhere. For this reason, Buonanotte will be loaned out to his original club for a year if Brighton sign him.

    • Gaich is probably overrated, Almada very talented but Atlanta may have moved very fast and the prospect of making way more money was than in Argentina was hard to resist. Sometimes these moves happen later than expected, I believe Acuna moved to Europe at 25, Guido Rodriguez at 26, Angileri at 28. Some prospect that moved from Velez a few years ago such as Vasquez and Caseres faded badly. I think the last 2 years of COVID also played some roles in transfer market reluctance.

      Also, what sort of players are likely to be in demand in modern football, especially in Europe? The diminutive attacking midfielder that Argentina produces a ton of? I don’t think so. It seems to me that right now in-demand profile is: a strong, physical, all around box-to-box midfielder, an attacking fullback, especially left-back, a left footed preferably tall and ball playing central defender, a tall striker who not just scores but is able to link up and assist. Does Argentina produce a lot of those? I am not sure. We sure produce lots of talented number 10s though.

    • Gaich is probably overrated, Almada very talented but Atlanta may have moved very fast and the prospect of making way more money than in Argentina was hard to resist. Sometimes these moves happen later than expected, I believe Acuna moved to Europe at 25, Guido Rodriguez at 26, Angileri at 28. Some prospect that moved from Velez a few years ago such as Vasquez and Caseres faded badly. I think the last 2 years of COVID also played some roles in transfer market reluctance.

      Also, what sort of players are likely to be in demand in modern football, especially in Europe? The diminutive attacking midfielder that Argentina produces a ton of? I don’t think so. It seems to me that right now in-demand profile is: a strong, physical, all around box-to-box midfielder, an attacking fullback, especially left-back, a left footed preferably tall and ball playing central defender, a tall striker who not just scores but is able to link up and assist. Does Argentina produce a lot of those? I am not sure. We sure produce lots of talented number 10s though.

  3. Buonanote is a good one. I saw him in Toulon. He was a rotation player but anytime he played he did something good. He is more of a 10. A playmaker/attacking midfielder. Definitely someone to watch for the future.

  5. I am very very amazed by the transfer window this season many very less hyped players move to europe
    For ages we waited a move like this for Thiago almada, alen velasco, adolfo gaich, barco even alverz has to wait until 22 now the less hyped playes who we are not even discussing here move to Europe. What make them click? Are they better than the players i mentioned

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