B & H ALBION - ACTIVITY AT THE AMEX SUMMER 2024
14 MAY - DANNY WELBECK - (33) - Forward - signs new 2-year contract with the club - effective until June 2026;
14 MAY - JAMES MILNER - (38) - Midfielder - signs 1-year extension to his existing contract with the club - effective until June 2025;
18 MAY - ROBERTO DE ZERBI - Announced by the club that Head Coach Roberto De Zerbi - (44) - & seven of his coaching staff - to leave the club after the match against Manchester United on the 19 May 2024, by mutual agreement. Coaches leaving with De Zerbi - Andrea Maldera, Richard Segarra, Marcattilio Marcattilii, Vincenzo Teresa, Agostino Tibaudi, Marcello Quinto & Enrico Venturelli.
Club Coaches - Andrew Crofts & Jack Stern to remain. A few weeks later De Zerbi was appointed Head Coach at Ligue 1 side Marseille;
14 JUNE - ADAM LALLANA - (36) - Midfielder - Free Agent - joins Southampton - on a 1-year contract;
15 JUNE - FABIAN HURZELER - (31) - Appointed Head Coach of the club - on a 3-year contract. Formerly Head Coach of St. Pauli, Hurzeler guided St. Pauli to the Bundesliga 2 title in Season 2023-2024 & promotion to the Bundesliga. Hurzeler came through the youth ranks at Bayern Munich but cut short his playing career at the age of 23 to go into coaching.
After spells in charge of the Germany Under-20s and Under-18s he joined St. Pauli in 2020 as Assistant Head Coach to Timo Schultz. Hurzeler is the youngest Head Coach in Premier
League News;
1 JULY - YANKUBA MINTEH - (19) - Forward - Signed from Newcastle United - on a 5-year contract - effective until June 2029 - for a fee of £30 million. A Gambia international, Minteh joined Newcastle from Danish club Odense BK in the summer of 2023 and spent last season on loan at Feyenoord in Holland;
2 JULY - KJELL SCHERPEN - (24) - Goalkeeper - joins Sturm Graz (Austria) - on a season-long loan;
3 JULY - Three Backroom staff appointments announced by the Albion:- JONAS SCHEUERMANN, (Assistant Head Coach), MARCO KNOOP (Goalkeeping Coach), MAX LESSER (Tactical Analyst);
5 JULY - MATS WIEFFER - (24) - Midfielder - signed from Feyenoord - on a 5-year contract - effective until June 2029 - for a fee of £25 million. A Netherlands international, Wieffer used to play for FC Twente and Excelsior, before joining Feyenoord in 2022;
7 JULY - AMARIO COZIER-DUBERRY - (19) - Midfielder - Free Agent - formerly with Arsenal - signed on a 4-year contract - effective until June 2028;
11 JULY - DARIO VIDOSIC - (37) - Appointed Albion Women's Head Coach - on a 3-year contract - effective until June 2027. Formerly Head Coach of Melbourne City Women of the A-League. CHRIS ROBERTS - formerly of Everton - appointed Assistant Head Coach;
12 JULY - IBRAHIM OSMAN - (19) - Forward - signed from FC Nordsjaelland (Denmark) - on a 5-year contract - effective until June 2029 - for a fee of £16 million;
13 JULY - MALICK YALCOUYE - (18) - Midfielder - signed from IFK Gothenburg (Sweden) - on a 5-year contract - effective until June 2029 - for a fee of £6 million;
19 JULY - KACPER KOZLOWSKI - (20) - Midfielder - joins Gaziantep FK (Turkey) - on a permanent deal - on undisclosed terms. Kozlowski joined the Albion from Pogon Szczecin (Poland) in January 2022 and never kicked a ball for the club, having loan spells at Royale Union St-Gilloise (Belgium) and Vitesse Arnhem (Holland) (twice);
1 AUGUST - PASCAL GROSS - (33) - Midfielder - joins Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund - for an initial fee of £8 million, plus £2 million in potential add-ons on undisclosed terms.
Gross joined the Seagulls in the summer of 2017 from FC Ingolstadt O4 (Germany) for a fee of £3 million.
During his seven seasons with the club, all in the Premier, Gross was an important member of the team, making 261 appearances and scoring a record 30 Premier League goals;
ALBIION'S TOUR OF JAPAN - JULY 2024 -
The Seagulls first-ever tour of Japan saw them play two fixtures against J-League sides, Kashima Antlers and Tokyo Verdy. Both games were played at the National Stadium in Tokyo and the Albion took to the field of play to the sound of Sussex-by-the-Sea being played over the tannoy on both occasions.
24 JULY 2024 - Kashima Antlers 1 (Homare Takuda 1) Albion 5 (Amario Cozier-Duberry 2, Yankuba Minteh 1, Jeremy Sarmiento 1, Yasin Ayari 1).
Albion line-up - First-half: Jason Steele; Tariq Lamptey, Jan Paul Van Hecke, Imari Samuels, James Milner; Carlos Baleba, Andrew Moran, Kaoru Mitoma; Ibrahim Osman, Yankuba Minteh, Danny Welbeck.
Albion line-up - Second-half: Jason Steele; Valentin Barco, Odeluga Offiah, Joel Veltman, Yasin Ayari (Malick Yalcouye 80); Jensen Weir, Simon Adingra, Jeremy Sarmiento; Facundo Buonanotte. Amario Cozier-Duberry, Abdallah Sima (Mark O'Mahony 80).
28 JULY 2024 - Tokyo Verdy 2 (Yudai Kimura 1, Naoki Hayashi 1) Albion 4 (Jan Paul Van Hecke 1, Yankuba Minteh 1, Simon Adingra 1, Jeremy Sarmiento 1).
Albion line-up - First-half: Jason Steele; Valentin Barco, Jan Paul Van Hecke, Joel Veltman, James Milner; Malick Yalcouye, Andrew Moran, Kaoru Mitoma; Ibrahim Osman, Yankuba Minteh, Danny Welbeck.
Albion line-up - Second-half: Jason Steele (Killian Cahill 69); Odeluga Offiah, Jensen Weir, Adam Webster, Imari Samuels; Jeremy Sarmiento, Yasin Ayari, Facundo Buonanotte; Simon Adingra, Amario Cozier-Duberry, Abdallah Sima (Mark O'Mahony 78).
3 AUGUST 2024 - Queens Park Rangers 0 Albion 1 (Danny Welbeck 1, penalty) -Pre-Season Fixture - at the Matrade Loftus Road Stadium - Attendance 7767 (including 2919 Albion fans);
ALBION FIXTURES IN AUGUST 2024 -
10 August - VILLARREAL - Home - Pre-Season Fixture - kick-off 15.00;
17 August - EVERTON - Away - Premier League - kick-off 15.00;
24 August - MANCHESTER UNITED - Home - Premier League kick-off 12.30. "Live" on TNT Sports;
31 August - ARSENAL - Away - Premier League - kick-off 12.30. "Live" on TNT Sports.
Jack Kaye.
4 August 2024.