Roberto De Zerbi expects each Alexis Mac Allister and Moises Caicedo to go away Brighton this summer time.
The 2 midfielders have performed a key function in Brighton’s season with De Zerbi’s aspect securing a sixth-placed end within the Premier League.
Final week, studies in Argentina claimed that Liverpool had agreed a £70 million deal to signal Mac Allister this summer time, whereas the midfielder has already finalised private phrases with Jurgen Klopp’s aspect.
In the meantime, Arsenal had a number of gives for Caicedo rejected by Brighton within the January switch window however have retained their curiosity within the Ecuador worldwide forward of the summer time switch window.
‘They deserve to vary stage of workforce and competitors, we’ve got to be glad for them,’ De Zerbi mentioned of Caicedo and Mac Allister after Brighton’s 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday.
‘We’re Brighton and our coverage is to assist the younger gamers to progress, we are able to’t hold our greatest gamers. That’s proper, it’s our mentality and we’ve got to seek out extra younger gamers.’
In a separate interview with Match of the Day, De Zerbi mentioned: ‘Alexis Mac Allister and Moises Caicedo each have been unimaginable individuals, unimaginable gamers, I’m actually sorry for them if they are going to go away however they need to play in one other stage.
‘We’ve to seek out different huge gamers, will probably be very troublesome to seek out gamers with the identical high quality and ranges however it’s our coverage.
‘We aren’t a giant, huge, huge workforce and we enhance and promote the very best gamers.’
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