Tag: Hurzeler

Liverpool target Yankuba Minteh can still get dream move – Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler
4 September 2026 Off

Liverpool target Yankuba Minteh can still get dream move – Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler

By Total Football News

Even though Minteh did not leave the club, Brighton still raised significant funds through player sales in the window, including Carlos Baleba’s £70m move to Manchester United.

After generating those funds, Brighton completed a deadline move for Spanish defensive midfielder Chema Andres from Stuttgart in a deal worth £15.5m.

Andres made 41 appearances for Stuttgart last season after joining from Real Madrid in 2025.

He came through Real’s youth

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Fabian Hurzeler: How Brighton boss has managed transition from Roberto de Zerbi
28 March 2025 Off

Fabian Hurzeler: How Brighton boss has managed transition from Roberto de Zerbi

By Total Football News

Continuity has been key to Brighton’s successful transition to Hurzeler’s methods, whose own ideas of football aren’t that different from his predecessor, as he revealed earlier in the season.

“He brought this current energy to the players,” said Hurzeler, when talking about De Zerbi.

“So I don’t have to make a complete turnaround of the players because they were familiar with this.”

The young German’s arrival has seen him implement

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Brighton: Daniel Niedzkowski appointed assistant head coach to Fabian Hurzeler
9 November 2024 Off

Brighton: Daniel Niedzkowski appointed assistant head coach to Fabian Hurzeler

By Total Football News

Brighton have appointed German Daniel Niedzkowski as assistant head coach.

The 47-year-old will leave his role as head of the German football federation’s coach training programme to join Brighton in January, subject to being granted a work permit.

Fabian Hurzeler, who took over as Brighton manager this summer, trained under Niedzkowski.

“He will be an excellent addition to our coaching team,” Hurzeler said.

“He is somebody I know very well

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Brighton 2-1 Man Utd: Fabian Hurzeler ’emotional’ after victory
24 August 2024 Off

Brighton 2-1 Man Utd: Fabian Hurzeler ’emotional’ after victory

By Total Football News

Emotional, but not euphoric.

Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler chose his words carefully after Joao Pedro had given his side a dramatic 2-1 win against Manchester United at Amex Stadium.

Euphoria was certainly a word to encapsulate the noise that greeted the final whistle even though, with five victories in the past six meetings against United, beating them has become routine.

Maybe it was starting the season with successive victories, although

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Everton 0-3 Brighton: Youngest manager Fabian Hurzeler makes instant impact in Premier League
17 August 2024 Off

Everton 0-3 Brighton: Youngest manager Fabian Hurzeler makes instant impact in Premier League

By Total Football News

Eyebrows were raised during the summer when Brighton replaced the experienced Roberto de Zerbi, who left by mutual agreement, with relative unknown Hurzeler as their new manager.

The German had achieved success in his homeland by guiding St Pauli into the Bundesliga and it was enough for the Seagulls to take a chance on his services.

At 31 years and 173 days old, German Hurzeler became the youngest permanent manager

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Fabian Hurzeler: Brighton target St Pauli boss to replace Roberto de Zerbi
8 June 2024 Off

Fabian Hurzeler: Brighton target St Pauli boss to replace Roberto de Zerbi

By Total Football News

Brighton have identified 31-year-old St Pauli boss Fabian Hurzeler as the leading contender to replace Roberto de Zerbi as manager.

The clubs are in talks and Brighton have already secured a work permit for him.

No agreement has yet been reached.

US-born Hurzeler guided St Pauli to the German second division title last season, and a return to the Bundesliga after 13 years.

If he is appointed he would be

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Brighton manager search: Henrik Rydstrom and Fabian Hurzeler among contenders
7 June 2024 Off

Brighton manager search: Henrik Rydstrom and Fabian Hurzeler among contenders

By Total Football News

Malmo boss Henrik Rydstrom and St Pauli coach Fabian Hurzeler are among the contenders to be the next Brighton manager, with the club set to make a decision at some point next week.

The club announced on 18 May that Roberto De Zerbi would be leaving at the end of the Premier League season and have since been linked with numerous candidates.

BBC Sport understands that while some of the

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