Diego Gómez to Brighton & Hove Albion?

AS understands that up to five European clubs have set their sights on signing Inter Miami’s Diego Gómez next summer. Sooner rather than later, the call from the other side of the pond was always going to arrive for one of the key players in a top MLS side.

Sources close to the operation confirm that although there are still no official offers, three Premier League clubs (among them Brighton, who also own Paraguayan forward Julio Enciso) and two Serie A clubs have already been in contact to enquire about the signing of the midfielder.

Inter Miami see the Paraguayan as one of the players on which to build a long-term winning project, so as things stand, they would not be keen to sit down to negotiate the sale of their young star.

In the scenario that the club succumb to him departing, several Paraguayan media oulets report that the The Herons would ask for around €17 million ($18m) for his transfer, a figure far from the MLS record sale (Almirón to Newcastle for €24 million).