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Borussia Dortmund have completed the signing of Brighton midfielder Pascal Gross for an undisclosed fee.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Germany international spent seven years on the south coast after joining Brighton from German club Ingolstadt in 2017.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old is Brighton’s all-time top scorer in the Premier League with 30 goals, and in all competitions he scored 32 times and laid on 52 assists in 261 appearances for the Seagulls.<\/p>\n
Brighton wanted to keep Gross but the German had expressed a desire to play for boyhood club Dortmund.<\/p>\n
“We are really sorry to lose Pascal, but we fully understood his situation,” said Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler.<\/p>\n
“It is understandable that he wanted to take the opportunity to join one of the very top clubs in Germany, and he goes with our best wishes for the future.”<\/p>\n
Hurzeler added he was “disappointed” not to get the chance to work with Gross at the club.<\/p>\n
Gross was Brighton’s first signing after their promotion to the Premier League in 2017.<\/p>\n
He scored the club’s first top-flight goal in 34 years during a win against West Brom.<\/p>\n
His form for the club earned him a call-up to Germany’s squad for the first time at the age of 32 and he played at Euro 2024, when the hosts were knocked out by Spain at the quarter-final stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n