The army of maths prodigies who helped Brighton conquer the transfer market
It&#x27;s interesting that they (claim to) have identified replacements for all these positions, but to say that they <i>conquered</i> the transfer market is a bit of a stretch. They finished mid-table last year, recruited shrewdly over the summer (only a handful of teams in the Premier League spent less on transfers) and are now sitting 6th out of 20. This is a surprisingly <i>good</i> set of results. However they still spent around the same amount as Serie A giants AC Milan and Internazionale, and over in the Bundesliga only Bayern Munich and Dortmund spent more than them.<p>They&#x27;ve certainly done well so far, but this isn&#x27;t quite Billy Bean and the Oakland Athletics. This is still a big-spending club, they&#x27;re just in a league that is positively swimming in cash that permits many teams to be comparatively very wasteful (take a look at what Nottingham Forest spent and where they are).<p>It&#x27;ll be interesting to revisit this story to see how Brighton &amp; Hove are doing in a couple of years time. I remember a little while back Southampton were also getting a lot of praise for having sold off multiple first-team players, being able to bring in low-cost replacements and not capitulating. Southampton are currently bottom of the Premier League.