Brighton are reportedly set to re-sign Pascal Gross from Borussia Dortmund this month.
Gross, 34, was Brighton’s first-ever Premier League signing in Could 2017 when he joined the membership from FC Ingolstadt for £3million, a file price for the Seagulls on the time.
Gross spent seven seasons on the south coast, changing into a fan favorite for his reliable performances throughout quite a lot of positions.
Gross netted 32 targets and added 52 assists in 261 video games whereas being deployed on the wing, at right-back, left-back and in central midfield.
His type with Brighton noticed him earn a Germany call-up in September 2023, and he returned to his homeland when he joined Dortmund in the summertime of 2024 for round £8million.
And, in response to The Athletic, the Seagulls have agreed a deal to re-sign Gross, who’s a membership legend, with Fabian Hurzeler’s facet set to pay just below €2m (£1.74m), plus an extra €1m (£0.87m) in potential bonuses.
Brighton are reportedly set to re-sign Pascal Gross from Borussia Dortmund this month
Gross earned legendary standing over seven seasons at Brighton till becoming a member of Dortmund in 2024
The report provides that Dortmund have granted Gross, 34, permission to journey to the UK to endure a medical.
Gross has fallen down the pecking order with the German giants this season, but he has nonetheless performed 65 instances for the membership.
In the meantime, Gross, who was Brighton’s file Premier League goalscorer with 30 till Danny Welbeck went previous him final April, penned an emotional farewell letter to supporters upon his exit from the Amex Stadium 17 months in the past.
Revealing he was leaving the membership with a ‘heavy coronary heart’, Gross added: ‘Brighton gave me the platform to indicate what I may do, and earn that call-up to the nationwide group. So I’ll at all times be pleased about that.
‘Nevertheless it’s been a troublesome summer time by way of making this determination. I really like this membership, and have given every part to it for the final seven years.
‘However I additionally knew I’d remorse not taking on the supply from Borussia Dortmund – a group my father took me to look at as a boy, and the group I supported rising up.’
Gross continued: ‘I obtained to signify the Albion in a number of the finest stadiums on the planet, on that first journey into Europe and Marseille, Amsterdam, Athens and Rome; and to put on the blue and white stripes at Wembley in two FA Cup semi-finals.
‘Each time Lewis Dunk was unavailable, I used to be at all times honoured to put on the captain’s armband, and I am privileged to carry the membership file for many targets within the Premier League (sorry Glenn Murray!).
‘And to the followers, who’ve been wonderful for the reason that day I arrived, thanks. I am sorry to be leaving you, however I hope I’ll get an opportunity to say goodbye and thanks in particular person at a match very quickly.
‘I do not know what the longer term holds, after taking part in, however the membership means a lot to me and my household. I do know I might be again in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later, even when it is simply as a fan to assist the membership.’
