{"id":8745,"date":"2026-03-03T05:45:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/striker-welbeck-extends-brighton-contract-to-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T05:45:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:15:04","slug":"striker-welbeck-extends-brighton-contract-to-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/striker-welbeck-extends-brighton-contract-to-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Striker Welbeck extends Brighton contract to 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/topics\/cpv471x401jt\">Sami Mokbel<\/a>Senior football correspondent<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published59 minutes ago<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#comments\">16 Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\">Brighton<\/a> striker Danny Welbeck has triggered a 12-month option in his contract to extend his deal to the end of next season.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old forward&#x27;s current contract was due to expire at the end of this season, but it is understood the option for an extra year is now in place.<\/p>\n<p>Welbeck signed a new two-year deal in 2024 but the existence of the 12-month option was not reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>There has been uncertainty over Welbeck&#x27;s future at <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\">Brighton<\/a> given his contract situation, but now the former <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\">Manchester United<\/a> and <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> forward is set to stay with the Seagulls next season.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/live\/c5y40173e12t\">\n<p>Welbeck on target as Brighton heap pressure on Forest<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/articles\/cm2llj22dgpo\">\n<p>Does &#x27;timeless wonder&#x27; Welbeck deserve England recall?<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Published1 November 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Welbeck has impressed this season and is currently the club&#x27;s top goalscorer with 11 goals in 30 appearances, the latest coming in Sunday&#x27;s <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/live\/c5y40173e12t\">2-1 win over Nottingham Forest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>His performances have put him in contention for an England recall in the lead up to this summer&#x27;s World Cup, with boss Thomas Tuchel revealing before the qualifiers in November he gave serious consideration to handing Welbeck a place in his squad.<\/p>\n<p>Tuchel names his next squad &#8211; the last before selecting his World Cup party &#8211; later this month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\">Brighton<\/a> manager Fabian Hurzeler has made clear his desire to ensure Welbeck stays at the club in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Welbeck joined <a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\">Brighton<\/a> in October 2020 after leaving Watford and has since scored 48 goals in 191 appearances.<\/p>\n<h2>Related topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\">Brighton &amp; Hove Albion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\">Football<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>More on this story<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\">\n<p>Latest Brighton news, analysis and fan views<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/send\/u211221919\">\n<p>Ask about Brighton &#8211; what do you want to know?<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Striker Welbeck extends Brighton contract to 2027Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Danny Welbeck made the last of his 42 England appearances in 2018BySami MokbelSenior football correspondentPub&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}