The agent of Brighton attacker Leandro Trossard has asked the club to accept the offer for the Belgium striker. The agent claims that Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi humiliated his client and expects Brighton to allow him to leave the club.
Discipline is always an issue for managers, and it has seen players caught in their crosshairs. Every manager wants complete authority over the team so they can mould it in their image. History is replete with managers who had to freeze players out of the team to instil discipline.
It seems that Roberto De Zerbi is having one of those situations at Brighton and is striving to contain the situation before it escalates. The Italian manager is combating an unfolding position between him and his Belgian striker Leandro Trossard.
The striker seems to have an interest in leaving the club.
Leandro Trossard is in the middle of the recent troubling situation at Brighton. He seems to have a little falling out with his Italian manager, with his agent bringing it to the fore. The agent has issued a statement and urged the club to allow his client to leave the Seagulls this January.
Trossard seeks to leave Brighton
An unpleasant situation is brewing at Brighton that could see the club lose one of its strikers. According to the agent of Leandro Trossard, the club manager humiliated his client, and it is unacceptable. The agent is angling for the Seagulls to allow Trossard to leave the club.
Josy Comhair, who represents Trossard, said there is a communication breakdown, and the manager should share some of the blame. According to Comhair, following the recent situation with the club, the most sensible thing to do is for Brighton to sell the striker. Trossard has a contract that expires in 2024.
Some reports suggest Trossard has links with an exit from the club this month. The reports suggest Tottenham is keen on signing the Belgium international. It comes a few months after the north London side raided Brighton for midfielder Yves Bissouma. It is a standoff between the club, manager and Trossard, but who blinks first?
The situation with the manager
Head coach De Zerbi has issues with the attitude of Leandro Trossard. The Italian confirmed this at his press conference ahead of Brighton’s next game.
According to the manager, Trossard left training without informing him. According to De Zerbi, it is disrespectful, and he explained the wrong attitude to the striker.
De Zerbi said he does not know whether Trossard wants to change teams. The manager has decided to omit Trossard from their weekend tie against Liverpool. The decision has prompted the Belgian to return to Belgium, with a response from his agent.
Comhair refers to the action by De Zerbi as disrespectful to his client and has asked that the club let him leave.
Trossard joined Brighton in 2019 and has scored 25 goals and 14 assists in 121 appearances. He has scored seven times and three assists from 17 games this season.
