🚨 Brighton 'granted work permit' to appoint youngest ever PL boss

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Sat, Jun 8, 2024, 3:44 p.m.·1 min read

�� Brighton 'granted work permit' to appoint youngest ever PL boss — 🚨 Brighton 'granted work permit' to appoint youngest ever PL boss

Brighton have been granted a work permit for potential new boss Fabian Hürzeler, according to The Athletic.

🚨 Brighton & Hove Albion successfully granted work permit for Fabian Hurzeler to become new head coach. #BHAFC in talks with St Paul to reach agreement. 31yo American edging towards becoming youngest permanent boss in Premier League history @TheAthleticFC https://t.co/5Wljyjt4lM
— David Ornstein (@David_Ornstein) June 8, 2024

The 31-year-old is set to replace Roberto De Zerbi, making the American coach the youngest ever to take charge of a Premier League club.

In 2022, Hürzeler joined St Pauli, and turned the side from relegation fodder to securing an historic promotion to the German top flight this summer.

Hürzeler spent his entire career as a player in Germany, rising through the youth ranks at Bayern Munich, but only ever made the reserve team in Bavaria.