On August 10th, El Periódico Mediterráneo stated Pervis Estupiñan had rejected an offer made by Brighton & Hove Albion.
That didn’t put the Seagulls off as they made advances with Villarreal over a deal for the left-back.
On Sunday, Marca said the La Liga side and Brighton are ‘one step away’ from reaching an agreement.
El Periódico Mediterráneo’s Monday edition relays their earlier claim about the 24-year-old rejecting the English club’s offer.
Nottingham Forest intervened after that, but Brighton have raised their initial offer to the Ecuador international, ‘almost doubling the contract he had at Villarreal’. Between the proposals from the two clubs, he has picked Graham Potter’s side.
It’s said the Yellow Submarine and Brighton have ‘reached an agreement in principle’ for the fullback’s transfer for €18m plus an additional €5m bonuses. Watford will receive 20% of this fee, which was agreed when they sold him to Unai Emery’s side in 2020.
The South American ‘already said goodbye’ to his Villarreal teammates yesterday and told them he was ‘very close’ to reaching an agreement with the Premier League side.
El Periódico Mediterráneo claim Estupiñan plans to travel to England in the ‘next few hours, after some tough negotiations, and a tug-of-war in the economic conditions of the contract.’
