{"id":632582,"date":"2023-12-13T09:57:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T14:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=632582"},"modified":"2023-12-13T09:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T14:57:43","slug":"brighton-adam-brett-sami-mokbel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/12\/13\/brighton-adam-brett-sami-mokbel\/","title":{"rendered":"Brighton &#038; Hove Albion Suffer Loss of &#8216;Key Member&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton are coming to the end of this year currently sitting eighth in the Premier League table. The Seagulls are one point behind sixth place and are looking to make a good run of form before the winter break. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamiMokbel81_DM\/status\/1734567378581651876?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sami Mokbel<\/a>, however, they will have to do that without a pivotal member of their staff.<\/p>\n<h2>Adam Brett Leaves Role As Head of Brighton&#8217;s Medical and Performance<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8Exc: Brighton head of medical and performance Adam Brett &#8211; a key member or Roberto De Zerbi\u2019s staff &#8211; has left. Brett formerly held roles at the RFU and Gloucester Rugby. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nmm8RRnyMK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/nmm8RRnyMK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sami Mokbel (@SamiMokbel_BBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamiMokbel_BBC\/status\/1734567378581651876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Recent Departure<\/h3>\n<p>Mokbel tweeted the news Tuesday afternoon, stating that Adam Brett had left the club. Described as &#8220;a key member of Roberto De Zerbi&#8217;s staff,&#8221; the head of Brighton&#8217;s medical and performance departments had spent time with the RFU and at Gloucester Rugby. The Englishman had been with the Seagulls since 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/12\/11\/tottenham-hotspur-destiny-udogie-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Club Sources Confirm\u2019: Tottenham Agree New Long-Term Contract For \u2018Outstanding\u2019 Star<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further details, and praise, were reported by the journalist in his article for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12854737\/Brightons-head-medical-performance-Adam-Brett-LEAVES-club-nine-years-Amex-having-key-member-staff-promotion-Premier-League-2017.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Daily Mail<\/a>. Brett is believed to have left his role &#8220;in recent weeks.&#8221; Brighton have not commented at the moment as to any reason why their longtime staff member has departed. For now, the Seagulls are on the hunt for a new doctor to care for their first team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/12\/12\/manchester-united-anthony-martial-contract-extension-unlikely\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Free Agent Next Summer\u2019: Manchester United Could Let \u00a336 Million Star Go<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brett quickly rose through the ranks during his time at Amex Stadium. After joining in 2014, he was promoted to head of medical services in less than a year. 2020 saw him &#8220;appointed head of medical and performance,&#8221; as Brighton began to establish themselves as a Premier League regular, and a future challenger for the European positions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch: <\/strong>The Biggest Problem with YOUR Premier League Club<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Biggest Problem with YOUR Premier League Club\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2GNhwMen_Qo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Brighton&#8217;s Upcoming Matches<\/h3>\n<p>The domestic and continental campaigns continue for the Seagulls, even as Brett&#8217;s departure deprives them of a veteran presence in the medical rooms. A victory on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightonandhovealbion.com\/news\/3750473\/bring-your-scarves-to-the-marseille-game\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thursday<\/a> against Marseille would see De Zerbi&#8217;s squad top their Europa League group as they seek the club&#8217;s first European trophy. Meanwhile, a trip to Arsenal awaits Brighton at the weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton are coming to the end of this year currently sitting eighth in the Premier League table. The Seagulls are one point behind sixth place and are looking to make a good run of form before the winter break. According to Sami Mokbel, however, they will have to do that without a pivotal member of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4764,"featured_media":632630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1702400400","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Brett","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"300","footnotes":""},"categories":[1265,30,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-632582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brighton-and-hove-albion","category-news","category-premier-league"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632582","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\/4764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}