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Brighton chairman Tony Bloom admits their swoop for Ansu Fati was only days in the making.

Brighton clinched the signing of Fati on-loan from the season from Barcelona.

Bloom told BBC Sport: "It wasn't one we had really talked about much until the last few days of the window but when we heard about it, Roberto (De Zerbi) was really keen and I was extremely excited.

"We managed to get a deal done very late.

"It is a wonderful thing for our football club to do. Not so long ago he was considered the best young player in the world."

This article first appeared on Tribal Football and was syndicated with permission.

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