Brighton are already convinced that they got a much better deal than Tottenham Hotspur after the two clubs traded Luka Vuskovic and Jan Paul van Hecke this summer.

Spurs sold Luka Vuskovic to the Seagulls for £46m while the Lilywhites signed Jan Paul van Hecke from the South Coast club for £52m, even though he had only a year left on his contract.

Many are already wondering if Tottenham would have been better off keeping Vuskovic than signing Van Hecke, with the Croat enjoying an outstanding start to his Premier League career.

The 19-year-old former Spurs man is already on the radars of some of Europe’s biggest clubs, with the likes of Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Chelsea expressing interest in the centre-back.

Brighton believe former Tottenham star Luka Vuskovic is a £100m talent

According to Football Insider, the decision-makers at Brighton are already convinced that Vuskovic is a £100m talent in the making, which is more than double what they paid to sign him from North London in the summer.

The outlet confirms that the central defender has been a long-term target for Bayern Munich on the back of his exploits in the Bundesliga on loan at Hamburg.

However, the Seagulls are under no pressure to sell the defensive starlet and are aware that his value will continue to rise over the coming years.

It is revealed that Fabian Hurzeler’s men are ‘relaxed’ about Vuskovic’s future, despite the fact that Bayern are continuing to keep tabs on him.

Luka Vuskovic vs Jan Paul van Hecke stats this season

Luka Vuskovic has taken to life at Brighton, and the speed of the Premier League, like a duck to water this season, while Jan Paul van Hecke has been criticised in both his club and country colours.

Did Roberto De Zerbi make a big error regarding Vuskovic?

It was widely reported in the summer that Vuskovic was unconvinced that he would get sufficient opportunities at Tottenham under De Zerbi. This was despite the Italian telling the teenager that he values him highly.

What we can read from that is that the Croat likely sought assurances from the Spurs head coach that he would be a guaranteed starter.

However, De Zerbi made it clear in the summer that no player can be guaranteed starts and that he only wants those who are fully committed to the project.

In the context of the speculation over the futures of Djed Spence and Luca Bergvall, the Tottenham boss said back in July: “What I say to you, is the same I said to Djed and to Lucas – ‘I would like you to stay’. Not ‘I want you to stay’. ‘I would like you to stay if you want to stay. If you don’t want to stay, if you want to leave, you have to leave’. If you want to leave, speak with Vinai [Venkatesham] and Johan, because I don’t manage the price, the sale.

“I respected the player’s ideas and opinions or projects. But if they stay, they have to stay following my rules, decisions on the pitch. After two games, three games, if one player is not playing and he starts to be sad or not correct with the other players, the coaches, staff, the club, we would make a big, big mistake because we didn’t learn from the past season.”

However, in hindsight, one wonders if De Zerbi could have perhaps done more to assuage Vuskovic’s fears and convince him to stay, as he seemingly managed to do with Bergvall.