Representatives from new Albion signing Anders Dreyer's former club have likened the Danish winger to Lionel Messi.
The 20-year-old could feature in Albion under-23s' opening league game against Liverpool tomorrow, having joined for an undisclosed fee from Esbjerg fB on Tuesday.
"Anders is a wonderful person who is almost always smiling," says Dennis Jørgensen, of the club whose promotion to the Danish Superliga was propelled by 18 goals from Dreyer last season. "His senior career with Esbjerg was short.
"He only had his debut last year, in April, but since then he has played 48 games and scored 23 goals.
"He is like Messi – on a different level, of course. But he has the same way of playing, for sure."
Brian Knudsen, EfB's CEO, praises the work of Esbjerg's youth sides for helping Dreyer to catch the eye of Albion's scouts and under-23 coach Simon Rusk.
"We always have a heavy heart to say goodbye to one of our players," he says.
"But it is part of our strategy that we need to develop our own players and make them ready for the next step in their career.
"These sales are necessary and crucial so we can continue to develop players like Anders. We are proud that big European leagues have drawn attention to him.
"We wish him all the best luck in the future and we will of course follow his career from a distance."
Dreyer, who is the latest in a busy summer of signings for Albion's second string, says the move is "super-exciting", but calls Esbjerg "still my club".
"It's really a dream come true for me that I'm now a Brighton player and I'm going to play in the Premier League.
"It's hard to understand right now, but I'm really looking forward to it."
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