Brighton agreed to sign Ibrahim Osman from Nordsjaelland in February and while the move went through in the summer, the player was quickly loaned out to Feyenoord.
He is now playing in the Champions League for the Dutch side, but there is a lingering legal case involving the player that is brewing in Denmark.
TipsBladet have looked at the case, stating that the Ghanaian is at the centre of it.
Earlier this winter, Osman was reported to DBU (Danish football association) by his then agent Darryl Powell for breaking the representation agreement the player had with Powell from December 2022.
That agreement ran until December 2024 and TipsBladet state that it can still be found on the DBU website. According to Powell, it was wrongfully broken by Osman and Belgian agent Mitch Bakkovens, who tried to sell the player to West Ham initially and then sold him to Brighton.
The case is still with the Football Disciplinary Authority and there is no verdict yet.
Jesper Olsen, who is the chairman of Transparency International in Denmark, has spoken to TipsBladet about the case and he said:
“There may be legitimate reasons why the case drags on. It can be about personnel reasons, it can be a difficult case where you have to bring in special help. But one can also speculate on all sorts of illegitimate reasons.”
He also addressed the suspicions around the case, suggesting that it is a breach of integrity.
“It’s like when we as football fans see an opponent stand down at the corner flag with the ball to delay time, or when a goalkeeper delays a goal kick.
“It may be legal in itself, but it feels like a breach of integrity and sportsmanship.”
Whether or not Brighton are directly impacted by the case’s verdict isn’t known but they are certainly a major part of it.
Having said that, the player’s act of breaching contract is the more prominent part of this case and if anything, Osman would likely be the one to bear the brunt of the verdict.
