Brighton are looking to sign 21-year-old Livingston goalkeeper Brian Schwake, as the Seagulls hope to add cover for Jason Steele with Robert Sanchez likely to leave the club after being ousted as number one
- Brian Schwake has impressed on loan in the Scottish Championship this season
- Brighton are looking to bring the 21-year-old in as cover for Jason Steele
- Robert Sanchez is likely to leave the club after losing his number one spot
Brighton are in talks to sign Livingston's American goalkeeper Brian Schwake.
The 21-year old, who has spent the past season on loan at Scottish Championship side Greenock Morton, has been in at Brighton this week training so that the Premier league side's coaching staff could take a closer look at what he can do.
Schwake, though born in Mount Prosoect, Illinois, qualifies for a European passport owing to his family hailing from Luxembourg.
Brighton want him in as cover for Jason Steele while they are aware that Robert Sanchez is weighing up a potential move away after being ousted as number one.
Brighton are hoping to sign Livingston goalkeeper Brian Schwake this summer
Robert Sanchez is expected to leave Brighton after losing his number one spot at the club
Schwake would cost a minimal fee of around £250,000 as a cross-border compensation deal for a young player out of contract.
As befitting a player wanted by Roberto de Zerbi, Schwake has high possession statistics with a 73 percent success rate on his long passes and kept 11 clean sheets through the Scottish championship season.
Talks are ongoing with Brighton keen to get a lot of their transfer business done early ahead of their Europa League campaign.
They have already agreed to sign Joao Pedro from Watford and have deals in place for free agents James Milner from Liverpool and Mahmoud Dahoud of Borussia Dortmund.
