Club confirm transfer negotiations with Brighton – Long-term play as player set for surgery

Negotiations are underway between Sturm Graz and Brighton & Hove Albion regarding goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen’s

return on loan for the upcoming season, following his surgical recovery.

This is according to club spokesman Stefan Haller, who has verified that the young player will miss the remainder of

the campaign due to surgery for a left knee cruciate ligament injury.

Der Standard explain that Sturm Graz will have

to be without Scherpen, who joined on loan from Brighton in the

summer ‘for a long time’ after the decision was made for him to go under

the knife on an injury picked up in training in the summer.

He managed to play through the discomfort of the injuries he sustained

before the season even started, but he will have surgery in London on Tuesday.

Since then, the 23-year-old has made 27 appearances for Sturm Graz; his most

recent appearance came on Thursday during the team’s 3-0 Europa League loss to Sporting Club de Portugal.

However, the decision has now been made for him to permanently resolve the

issue, as Haller has confirmed that negotiations with Brighton are in

progress to allow him to return on loan for the upcoming season.

He declared, “He won’t play any more games for us this season.”

“We are now wrapping up the loan extension talks. He is scheduled to be lent out once more in 2024–2025.

“He was genuinely eager to to support the team and played without any issues. He could have played the next year as

well, but the surgery is being done to safeguard his future rather than

jeopardize his long-term professional career.

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