The five Brighton players still expected to leave this transfer window

Brighton & Hove Albion are still likely to sell five of their first-team players before the summer transfer window shuts on September 1.

The Seagulls are currently involved in the Premier League Summer Series in America as part of their pre-season preparations, losing 4-3 to Chelsea in an entertaining game in Philadelphia and beating Brentford 2-0 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, last night (July 26).

Roberto De Zerbi has taken a 32-man squad with him to the states, including four of Brighton’s new signings – Joao Pedro, James Milner, Mahmoud Dahoud and Bart Verbruggen. The club have also announced a fifth addition to their group this week, signing defender Igor Julio for £17m from Fiorentina.

So far, the club has yet to see many players leaving the south coast in this window. World-Cup winner Alexis Mac Allister joined Liverpool for £35m back in May and Reda Khadra was sold to Ligue 1 club Reims for just under £2m. We can expect at least five more players to leave in the next 36 days, as De Zerbi begins to finalise his squad to compete both domestically and in Europe.

The most-high profile sale will be that of Moises Caicedo. The talented midfielder was one of Albion’s best players last season and is wanted by Chelsea.

The Blues have been chasing the Ecuadorian international all summer and have so far seen two bids rejected by the Seagulls, the latest said to be worth £70million.

Brighton are holding firm on their valuation of their star man, asking the West London club to pay them close to £100m. Albion consider Caicedo to be as good if not better then Declan Rice, who was recently sold to Arsenal for £106m.

Caicedo featured in Brighton’s friendly with Brentford but is reportedly unhappy with his employees for rejecting Chelsea’s initial approach. The 21-year-old has since removed the club’s name from his Instagram bio, as he looks to push through a mo