Brighton's earthquake in the Premier League without astronomical extravagances/ English phenomenon: Mathematician president and handsome head coach
Brighton is literally the phenomenon of this Premier League season and according to experts, they are playing the most attractive football in English football this season.
According to Sports Three, Brighton, under the guidance of young Fabian Hortsler, has become the undisputed phenomenon of the new English Premier League season, and while there are no signs of the island giants' extravagant spending in this team, they have taken over the third place in the standings.
If we put together all the achievements of Brighton under Fabian Hortsler, the record of this team is nothing short of a miracle. At the end of the sixth week, the seagulls are in the third place in the Premier League table, even though they have had very heavy battles with big teams in the first few weeks and their games have not been with easier teams.
They humiliated Aston Villa by four goals, lost to Chelsea 3-4 in a thrilling match and defeated the contenders Arsenal 3-0.
In the League Cup, Brighton defeated and eliminated Manchester United with a score of 3-2, and in the group stage of the European Conference League, they beat Lithuania's representative with a score of 4-0 with a double riveter and goals from Hinshelwood and Matt O'Reilly.
Brighton's team character was shown in the most beautiful way in the away match against Sunderland. Hortsler's students scored in the 53rd minute, but they were immediately reduced to 10 players after receiving a red card. Brighton, while having one goal less than the opponent for about 40 minutes, not only did not back down and did not give the host the smallest opening, but scored the second goal in the last minutes with a lightning counterattack.
The peak of Brighton's brilliance was in the 3-0 victory against Arsenal, the defending champions. The team with the league's most impenetrable defense surrendered three times against Hortsler's men. The result takes on even more value when you consider that the Gunners were without William Saliba, while Brighton entered the field with seven absentees, including four key players in Mitoma, Minte, Hinshelwood and Lewis Dunk.
Despite this lack of pieces in the attack line, Brighton now has the most goals scored in the Premier League and ranks first among all twenty teams in the Premier League in the scoring hope index.
Regardless of the brilliant results of the team, the revival of Pascal Gross is a wonderful story in itself. The 35-year-old midfielder, who was transferred to Borussia Dortmund for seven million euros in 2024 and returned to the dressing room with two million euros last summer, has appeared beyond imagination. With four assists, he is at the top of the Premier League passers table, and in the table of total goals and assists with seven goals (three goals and four assists), only Joao Pedro from Chelsea is higher than him with eight.
The veteran midfielder's extraordinary performance earned him the Premier League Player of the Month award for September. The historical month in which all the titles reached Brighton; Hurtsler was named coach of the month and Louis dunk player was named best goal scorer of the month, for the fifth time in the competition's history, the triple awards of the month went to one club.
Brighton's glory becomes more meaningful when looking at the financial balance of this club. In a situation where the island clubs spend a lot of money, this mid-table team has a low profitability. Brighton spent 180 million euros in the last summer window, but with the sales of Jan-Paul van Hecke for 60 million euros and Carlos Balba for 76 million euros, they made a total of 192 million euros. They earned 149 million euros last season with 82 million euros spent.
Brighton are the 14th highest paying team in the Premier League and despite a smaller fan base and limited commercial income, they are running as top contenders instead of struggling for survival. This brilliant management is the result of the thoughts of Tony Bloom, the owner of the club. A mathematician from the University of Manchester and an elite of betting and intellectual games who, relying on advanced statistical analysis, bought the well-established Brighton club that his whole family loved, the team that his grandfather was the vice-chairman of in the seventies and died of a heart attack in the stadium, and his uncle held the management chair for many years.
Along with Bloom's engineering, 33-year-old Fabian Hortzler plays a central role on the field as the youngest working coach in the Premier League. Although there were rumors about his possible departure last winter, the brilliant results led to the extension of his contract until 2029. With the thoughts of this young theoretician, Brighton plays the most pressing football on the island and by registering an exceptional press index of 8.3, it traps the opponents in their field. Brighton players don't take refuge in defense even after taking the lead and are looking for the next goals. The brave attitude that has brought them 3-0, 4-0 and 5-0 high-scoring wins and has made Brighton the most attractive team in the English Premier League.