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What a week this is turning into for Pascal Gross. Not only has the German playmaker been voted our WeAreBrighton.com Player of the Season, but he has also signed a new and improved contract tying him to the Albion under the summer of 2022.

The ink is barely dry on the Premier League table but already the Albion are making decisions about their squad for next season with the news that veteran duo Steve Sidwell and Liam Rosenior have both been released at the end of their contracts

With Gareth Southgate due to announce his England squad for the World Cup Finals in the next few weeks, it appears as though Glenn Murray has not done enough to earn a spot on the plane for Russia despite his 12 goals so far this season

Despite approaching the age where he can start drawing a pension, Brighton and Hove Albion captain Bruno has been rewarded for his superb form this season with a new one year deal to take through until the summer of 2019

Brighton and Hove Albion left back Gaetan Bong has been rewarded for his excellent form since reestablishing himself in the first team in October with a new one year deal until the end of the 2018-19 season

Tomer Hemed has received a retrospective three game ban for violent conduct after television cameras picked up his stamp on DeAndre Yedlin in the 89th minute of the Albion’s 1-0 win over Newcastle United

The Albion’s failure to sign a new striker in the summer transfer window looks like it may be compounded further with the news that Tomer Hemed has picked up an injury while on international duty with Israel

Anthony Knockaert is expected to be ruled out for up to three weeks with the ankle injury he picked up in Brighton and Hove Albion’s first pre-season friendly of the summer against Fortuna Dusseldorf. So with the Albion’s record of reporting absence times, we expect him to be back just after Christmas

Brighton and Hove Albion tie talented goalkeeper Christian Walton down to a new four-year contract, with the England under 21 international expected to spend another season out on loan in 2017-18

Striker and Ed Miliband look-a-like Sam Baldock signs a new contract with Brighton and Hove Albion, tying him to the club until the summer of 2020