Brighton: Leandro Trossard wants to leave club after falling out with boss Roberto De Zerbi, says agent

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Leandro Trossard's cause says the Belgium guardant wants to permission Brighton and volition not motion a caller declaration aft falling retired with brag Roberto De Zerbi.

De Zerbi has dropped Trossard, 28, from his squad for the crippled with Liverpool connected Saturday aft leaving grooming aboriginal without permission.

However, cause Josy Comhair says Trossard had a calf injury, adding that the brace person not spoken for a month.

Comhair says a January transportation volition beryllium "beneficial for some parties."

In a connection to Sky Sports, Comhair said Trossard was consenting to motion an hold to his existent deal, which expires successful 2024, earlier leaving for the World Cup but failed to scope an agreement.

After his instrumentality from the tourney Comhair says helium had a falling retired with a team-mate during grooming and claims De Zerbi has not spoken to him since.

Then aft leaving grooming aboriginal earlier the FA Cup necktie astatine Middlesbrough - which De Zerbi says was without support - Trossard has been made to bid alone.

"Leandro inactive was a first-11 subordinate against Southampton and Arsenal but against Everton helium was connected the bench. In the 5 substitutions that took spot then, helium was besides not among them and this without immoderate explanation," said Comhair.

"In the run-up to the lucifer against Middlesbrough for the FA Cup, Leandro had already reported calf problems twice. This was the crushed helium stopped training. This was successful consultation with the aesculapian staff.

"Through the carnal trainer Leandro learned that helium had to bid separately. Last Monday the trainer [De Zerbi] past grounded Leandro successful the radical and indicated that helium did not privation to spot him anymore. A trainer who has not communicated straight with his subordinate for 4 weeks is genuinely incomprehensible.

"It is besides the trainer who has indicated respective times that a transportation is the astir tenable solution.

"It is truthful important that Brighton cooperate this mercato [transfer window] with a imaginable transfer."

'I lone privation players who springiness 100%' - De Zerbi connected Trossard

Speaking astatine a quality league earlier connected Friday De Zerbi said Trossard had been dropped from the squad due to the fact that of his mediocre attitude.

"He near the league without saying thing to me. And it's not good," said De Zerbi. "I spoke with him and I explained this attitude, behaviour, I don't like."

Trossard, 28, is Brighton's associated apical scorer this play with 7 goals successful each competitions, including a hat-trick astatine Anfield successful the archetypal gathering betwixt his broadside and Liverpool this season.

He has started 2 of Brighton's 5 matches since the World Cup interruption but has not featured successful either of their past 2 games against Everton and Middlesbrough.

There person been rumours linking the winger, who joined Brighton from Belgian broadside Genk successful 2019, with a determination distant from the Seagulls this month.

"I americium unfastened with him to instrumentality a measurement backmost and perceive to him but helium has to recognize with me, I privation lone players who enactment hard and play for the squad 100%," said De Zerbi, who succeeded Graham Potter arsenic manager successful September.

"I don't cognize astir the transportation market, if helium wants to alteration teams oregon not."

Brighton are eighth successful the Premier League but volition spell supra seventh-placed Liverpool with a triumph astatine the Amex Stadium connected Saturday (15:00 GMT).

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