{"id":5784,"date":"2022-01-13T12:03:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/13\/graham-potter-issues-yves-bissouma-update-amid-aston-villa-interest\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T12:03:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:03:37","slug":"graham-potter-issues-yves-bissouma-update-amid-aston-villa-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/01\/13\/graham-potter-issues-yves-bissouma-update-amid-aston-villa-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Graham Potter issues Yves Bissouma update amid Aston Villa interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Bissouma catching the eye<\/h2>\n<p>Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma has been the subject of plenty of interest and intrigue over the past 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>The Mali midfielder, who has spent the last 3 and a half years at the Amex stadium, has caught the eye with his ability both on and off the ball, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/yves-bissouma-arsenal-transfer-brighton-25031415\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-reach-agreement-brighton-yves-bissouma-transfer-30m\">Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/16171755\/man-utd-transfer-brighton-bissouma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester United<\/a>\u00a0all credited with an interest in the 25-year-old last summer.<\/p>\n<p>And now, come January, Aston Villa are the latest side to have shown an interest in taking the rising star off Brighton\u2019s books, and adding him to their side.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AVFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AVFC<\/a> are interested in Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma as he enters the final 18 months of his contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkySportsNews\/status\/1479923549720690697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And now, Brighton boss Graham Potter has had his say on the situation.<\/p>\n<h2>Potter \u201cconfident\u201d Bissouma will stay<\/h2>\n<p>Bissouma\u2019s current status on international duty with Mali did not stop Brighton boss Graham Potter from fielding a series of questions on the future of his midfielder, who has been particularly impressive in the last 18 months.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Seagulls boss seemed calm on the situation, and suggested that he expects Bissouma to still be at the club come February.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">? | Graham Potter is confident Yves Bissouma will stay at Brighton beyond this month <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j1KH0CBRle\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/j1KH0CBRle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Football Daily (@footballdaily) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/footballdaily\/status\/1481633547706372098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Potter revealed:<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m confident. I think Yves is enjoying his football here but with the transfer window you never know. You always plan for something you can\u2019t necessarily forsee. We\u2019re in a good place. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Graham Potter on whether <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bissouma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bissouma<\/a> will stay at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BHAFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BHAFC<\/a> amid interest from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AVFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AVFC<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019m confident. I think Yves is enjoying his football here but with the transfer window you never know. You always plan for something you can\u2019t necessarily forsee. We\u2019re in a good place. We\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paul Brown (@pbsportswriter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pbsportswriter\/status\/1481632599990849536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, Aston Villa have already shelled out 25 million pounds for Lucas Digne, as well as hefty wages for Philippe Coutinho\u2019s loan move. Can they afford to throw another 50 million pounds at Brighton for Bissouma this January?<\/p>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-live-streaming\/brighton-hove-albion-vs-crystal-palace-live-streaming-watch-premier-league-online\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion vs Crystal Palace live streaming: Watch Premier League online<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/premier-league-betting-tips\/manchester-city-vs-chelsea-betting-tips-premier-league-preview\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Manchester City vs Chelsea betting tips: Premier League preview, predictions and odds<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bissouma catching the eye Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma has been the subject of plenty of interest and intrigue over the past 18 months. The Mali midfielder, who has spent the last 3 and a half years at the Amex stadium, has caught the eye with his ability both on and off the ball, with\u00a0Arsenal,\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0and\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-5784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}