Igor Julio completed a permanent move to Burnley from Brighton on transfer deadline day, with Burnley paying £3m plus add-ons. The defender’s exit was part of a busy day for Brighton, which also saw three other departures.
Brighton’s deadline-day departures also included Eiran Cashin, Caylan Vickers and Charlie Tasker. Cashin returned to Derby on a season-long loan, Vickers moved to Burton Albion for an undisclosed fee and Tasker joined Rochdale on a season-long loan.
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The deal gives Burnley a defender with experience and removes another senior option from Brighton’s squad. The fee is fixed at £3m before any add-ons are counted, so the full value of the move will depend on those additional terms.
That structure leaves the headline figure clear while keeping the final cost open-ended. For Brighton and Burnley, the transfer deadline day movement was not a single isolated sale but one part of a wider reshaping of the squad, with the club also sending out Cashin, Vickers and Tasker.
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Vickers’ departure carries a small complication: he had arrived from Reading in 2024 before moving on to Burton Albion for an undisclosed fee. Brighton’s activity therefore included both a permanent sale and loan exits, showing a mixed approach to trimming the squad while still placing players elsewhere.
For readers tracking Brighton’s business, the immediate takeaway is simple. Igor Julio is now Burnley’s player, Brighton have lost a defender on deadline day, and the only unresolved part of the transfer is the size of the add-ons attached to the £3m fee.
