Replacement finder

Replace Danny Welbeck

Statistically similar 2025/26 players based on per-90 output, defensive activity, role group and tactical fit. Estimated fees are not official market values — model-derived estimates from public football data.

What Brighton would lose

Profile being replaced — public football data, model-derived role scores.

Goals

13

Assists

1

G+A

14

Shots

56

SoT

28

Crosses

3

Fouls won

10

Tackles won

14

Interceptions

8

Attack

84

Creation

27

Progression

27

Role score

55

Transfer fit

60

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Bayern Munich · Bundesliga · Striker · Age 32

Strong stylistic match (81.56251445135824%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+21); 3 years younger.

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Nottingham Forest · Premier League · Goal Threat Winger · Age 34

Strong stylistic match (84.69073687240751%); tactical fit is good; 1 years younger.

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Brentford · Premier League · Goal Threat Winger · Age 24

Strong stylistic match (87.44320196055533%); tactical fit is good; 11 years younger.

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Gonzalo García

Real Madrid · La Liga · Inside Forward · Age 22

Strong stylistic match (87.65956383497479%); tactical fit is workable; 13 years younger.

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Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Marseille · Ligue 1 · Creative Winger · Age 36

Strong stylistic match (78.5591493377256%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+16); cheaper by ~€1.3M.

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Everton · Premier League · Goal Threat Winger · Age 28

Strong stylistic match (84.04031953834878%); tactical fit is good; 7 years younger.

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Manchester City · Premier League · Striker · Age 25

Strong stylistic match (83.21355979187456%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+10); 10 years younger.

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Dominic Calvert-Lewin

Leeds United · Premier League · Goal Threat Winger · Age 29

Strong stylistic match (80.06830076944883%); tactical fit is good; 6 years younger.

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Celta Vigo · La Liga · Inside Forward · Age 33

Strong stylistic match (77.38336807889803%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+9); cheaper by ~€1.1M; 2 years younger.

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Everton · Premier League · Inside Forward · Age 23

Strong stylistic match (85.07271488292903%); tactical fit is workable; weaker role score (-15); 12 years younger.

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Budu Zivzivadze

Heidenheim · Bundesliga · Goal Threat Winger · Age 32

Strong stylistic match (78.0645258941069%); tactical fit is good; cheaper by ~€2.9M; 3 years younger.

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Leeds United · Premier League · Goal Threat Winger · Age 27

Strong stylistic match (77.18098730657763%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+14); 8 years younger.

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Villarreal · La Liga · Inside Forward · Age 26

Strong stylistic match (80.01309524080057%); tactical fit is workable; weaker role score (-9); 9 years younger.

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Stuttgart · Bundesliga · Striker · Age 29

Reasonable profile overlap (74.33659607257195%); tactical fit is good; upgrade on role score (+16); 6 years younger.

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Viktor Gyökeres

Arsenal · Premier League · Goal Threat Winger · Age 27

Strong stylistic match (75.6477559236952%); tactical fit is workable; 8 years younger.

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Köln · Bundesliga · Inside Forward · Age 27

Strong stylistic match (75.15597632356331%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+8); 8 years younger.

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Ermedin Demirović

Stuttgart · Bundesliga · Inside Forward · Age 28

Reasonable profile overlap (72.79900481777935%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+13); 7 years younger.

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Bradley Barcola

Paris Saint-Germain · Ligue 1 · Goal Threat Winger · Age 23

Reasonable profile overlap (74.06760850336745%); tactical fit is workable; upgrade on role score (+17); 12 years younger.

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