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title: "Brighton: Fans give mixed response to player departure"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/brighton-fans-give-mixed-response-to-player-departure/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Tommy Joyce"
section: "Brighton & Hove Albion"
published: "2019-08-30T21:00:05Z"
modified: "2020-04-05T10:28:12Z"
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# Brighton: Fans give mixed response to player departure

**Many Brighton fans have given a variety of responses to the news that Jurgen Locadia has left the club on loan.**

The Dutch attacker [has joined Hoffenheim](https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/1328508/locadia-completes-loan-move) in the Bundesliga on a season-long deal, for an undisclosed loan fee.

Locadia joined the club from PSV Eindhoven in January 2018 for what was a club-record fee of £15m, according to the [BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49511107).

He has featured 43 times for Brighton since joining, scoring just the six goals – two of which were in his first two games for the Seagulls and [the last coming in the FA Cup](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jurgen-locadia/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/166240/plus/0?saison=2018&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=) quarter-final vs Millwall.

The 25-year-old had a few problems at the beginning of his Brighton career due [to injuries (via Transfermarkt)](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jurgen-locadia/verletzungen/spieler/166240), and upon returning to the full-fitness, the player has found it difficult to get into the first-team regularly.

There was a mixed response to the news from Albion fans, with many criticising the club for letting him go, while others were more than happy to see the back of him.

Here are some of the replies to the club’s announcement tweet below…

https://twitter.com/bhafcryan/status/1167052340119187456?s=20

https://twitter.com/JustJamesT70/status/1167052223777509377?s=20

> Another player not really given a chance and still slated by the fans. Good luck mate. Come back stronger
>
> — George McKechnie (@GeorgeMcKechni3) [August 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/GeorgeMcKechni3/status/1167054792579047426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> [pic.twitter.com/UPDQtzofsj](https://t.co/UPDQtzofsj)
>
> — Ross (@bhafcross) [August 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/bhafcross/status/1167052435564761090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/theroo231/status/1167052306220822528?s=20

https://twitter.com/F\_s1101/status/1167052199593160704?s=20

> Sometimes I am embarrassed by some of our “fans”. I guess they don’t understand the tag line [#Together](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Together?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
>
> — BHA Ziggy (@BHAZiggy) [August 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/BHAZiggy/status/1167095227871629319?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> All the best smash it in Germany!
>
> — Tony C (@tonymgc) [August 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/tonymgc/status/1167120894940127233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)