{"id":568388,"date":"2020-10-06T11:26:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T15:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=568388"},"modified":"2020-10-06T11:26:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T15:26:06","slug":"brighton-and-hove-albion-complete-signing-of-polish-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/06\/brighton-and-hove-albion-complete-signing-of-polish-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton and Hove Albion Complete Signings of Polish Duo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/brighton-hove-albion\/\" target=\"_self\">Brighton<\/a> and Hove Albion have completed the signings of Polish duo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/michal-karbownik\/profil\/spieler\/401604\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michal Karbownik<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/jakub-moder\/profil\/spieler\/384461\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jakub Moder<\/a>. Andy Naylor of the Athletic confirmed Albion&#8217;s interest in the pair early on deadline day via his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyNaylorBHAFC?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter account<\/a>. The club have now confirmed the deals via their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonandhovealbion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Brighton and Hove Albion Sign Polish Youngsters<\/h2>\n<h3>Midfielder Jakub Moder Signs<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f Albion have signed Polish midfielder Jakub Moder from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LechPoznan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LechPoznan<\/a> on undisclosed terms.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 The 21-year-old has agreed a five-year deal until June 2025 and will be loaned back to Poznan for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firsttouchgames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@firsttouchgames<\/a> \ud83e\udd1d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BHAFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BHAFC<\/a> \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brighton &amp; Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialBHAFC\/status\/1313381225453834242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nBrighton have completed the signing of highly thought of midfielder Jakub Moder from Lech Pozna\u0144. The fee for Moder is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyNaylorBHAFC\/status\/1313217367326031873\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">believed to be \u00a36 million<\/a>. The 21-year-old had his medical in Munich and will go straight back to Pozna\u0144 on loan. The midfielder is highly thought of in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Poland\" target=\"_self\">Poland<\/a> and recently made his international debut for his home country.<\/p>\n<p>Moder has currently made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/jakub-moder\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/384461\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">41 appearances<\/a> for Lech, scoring seven goals and providing nine assists. He helped his team finish second in the league last season, qualifying for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/02\/uefa-europa-league-group-stage-draw-in-full\/\" target=\"_self\">Europa League<\/a>. Moder and Lech have since progressed through the qualifying rounds to reach the group stages.<\/p>\n<h3>Defender Michal Karbownik Signs<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f Albion have completed the signing of highly rated defender Michael Karbownik from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegiaWarszawa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LegiaWarszawa<\/a> on a four-year contract until June 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf1 The 19-year-old will remain with Legia, with a loan agreed for the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firsttouchgames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@firsttouchgames<\/a> \ud83e\udd1d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BHAFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BHAFC<\/a> \ud83d\udd35\u26aa\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brighton &amp; Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OfficialBHAFC\/status\/1313380976752459777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nAlbion boss <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/07\/jurgen-klopp-praise-graham-potter-liverpool-brighton\/\" target=\"_self\">Graham Potter<\/a> also welcomes left-back Michal Karbownik to the Amex. A fee of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyNaylorBHAFC\/status\/1313217367326031873\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a33.5 million<\/a> has been agreed with Legia Warsaw. The 19-year-old was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football-italia.net\/157757\/karbownik-set-napoli-move\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> strongly linked<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/serie-a\/\" target=\"_self\">Serie A<\/a> giants <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Napoli\" target=\"_self\">Napoli<\/a> during the summer; however, the deal failed to materialise and Brighton have swooped to get their man.<\/p>\n<p>Like his compatriot Jakub Moder, Karbownick will have a medical ahead of signing. And like Moder, he will return to Poland on loan and join up with his new teammates in the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Karbownik, who can also play in midfield has worked his way through the Poland international youth teams, is now in contention to make his debut for the senior team. The youngster starred for Warsaw during his first season with the first team, playing 33 games and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/michal-karbownik\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/401604\/plus\/0?saison=2019\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">providing eight assists<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Brighton Take Their Summer Signings to Nine<\/h3>\n<p>Moder and Karbownik become Graham Potter&#8217;s eighth and ninth summer signings following the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/01\/england-squad-announcement-dominic-calvert-lewin-earns-first-call-up-to-senior-side\/\" target=\"_self\">England<\/a> international midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/99813635\/Adam-Lallana\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adam Lallana<\/a> who arrived from <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> champions <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"DlSgOTvIQaFjUMs9zyIoSQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1278337873\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'DlSgOTvIQaFjUMs9zyIoSQ',sig:'d4AdbATqwEYAIEEA5Ur56UNrMD5FoHLa2xrXUp4Dong=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1278337873',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton and Hove Albion have completed the signings of Polish duo Jakub Moder and Michal Karbownik from Lech Poznan and Legia Warsaw.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":568818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1265,28],"tags":[926,1611,1242,90,6792,6793,2604,1179,136],"class_list":["post-568388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-brighton-and-hove-albion","category-transfers","tag-brighton-and-hove-albion","tag-brighton-transfers","tag-epl","tag-fifa","tag-jakub-moder","tag-michal-karbownik","tag-transfer-deadline-day","tag-transfer-news","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}