Jan Paul van Hecke, Yankuba Minteh, Danny Welbeck, Carlos Baleba and Mitoma Kaoru: It is important to say that Aston Villa were not the only team here to have lost key players over the summer; to play under the threat of further departures; to be without others because of injury. It has been a testing time for the Brighton manager, Fabian Hürzeler, who has said goodbye to Danny Welbeck, Jan Paul van Hecke and James Milner, among others. Hürzeler was without Carlos Baleba and Yankuba Minteh, officially because of injuries although their proposed moves to Manchester United and Liverpool, respectively, were surely a part of things. Aggregated from Guardian Football, Sky Sports Football.

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1. Brighton hammer Aston Villa and João Gomes red adds to Unai Emery’s pain Guardian Football
2. Reaction as Brighton hammer 10-man Aston Villa LIVE! Sky Sports Football