Brighton are in talks with Genk over a potential deal for their captain Leandro Trossard, Sky Sports News understands. The 24-year-old winger scored 22 goals in all competitions for the Belgian champions last season and also played six times in the Europa League. Belgian publication HLN claim the Seagulls had a first bid for Trossard rejected earlier this week but say talks between the clubs continued on Friday. The reports suggest Genk want around €20m (£17.8m) which could surpass Brighton's club-record fee of £17m paid for Alireza Jahanbakhsh last summer. He joined the Genk academy as a 15-year-old and had spells on loan at Belgian second division sides Lommel United, Westerlo and OH Leuven before becoming a first-team regular.

Source: Sky sports June 14, 2019 17:03 UTC