The genius double Arsenal and Leicester City transfer raid that could fire Brighton back into Europe

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has a name like a stately home and a creative impulse that is befitting of the Premier League's grandeur. It is little wonder, then, that Brighton and Hove Albion are seemingly so dead set on signing him.

Back in January, the Seagulls came swooping, as seagulls are inclined to do, and tried to pinch the midfielder from Leicester City like a chip on a windswept pier. The Foxes, evidently in no mood for dive-bombing avifauna, rejected Albion's bid, and have since benefited from the prolonged involvement of a player who has registered 10 goals and 12 assists over the course of their Championship promotion charge this season.

But Brighton are not done yet. According to a report from talkSPORT, Roberto de Zerbi's men 'maintain an interest' in the 25-year-old, and could look to rekindle their pursuit ahead of the summer transfer window. It's an understandable stance, although you would imagine that much will hinge on whether Leicester can indeed see their immediate Premier League return to completion, and what their financial situation is if and when they do. In an ideal world, nobody at the King Power would be selling Dewsbury-Hall any time soon.

By no means is he the only player that Albion have their beady eye trained on, however. According to the same update, the Seagulls are also keen on Arsenal forward Reiss Nelson, very much a hologrammatic presence at the Emirates these days. The suggestion is that Brighton are considering a raid for the 24-year-old, with claims from elsewhere stating that he could be available for around £25 million in the coming months.

Again, like Dewsbury-Hall, Nelson would represent an acquisition that makes a lot of sense for Albion. There is no disputing his top flight pedigree, even if he is rarely given a sustained opportunity to exhibit it in North London. Indeed, there is perhaps a feeling that, as has been the case so often in the past, the attacker is not quite good enough to become a regular starter for a title contender, but is certainly of a level that would significantly aid any team pushing for European qualification.

Because at the end of the day, that is the company in which Brighton now find themselves on an annual basis. At the time of writing, they have just been unceremoniously dumped out of the Europa League by AS Roma, and find themselves eighth in the Premier League table, two points adrift of West Ham above them but with a game in hand left to play.

But there is no reason to believe that the Seagulls couldn't sneak there way into a continental competition again next season, nor that they can't build on the immense promise that they have shown during their first forays into such uncharted territories.

If they are to do that in the near future, however, then you suspect that sound recruitment and ambitious investment will be the key to their success. As far as those two specifics are concerned, Brighton could do far, far worse than a double swoop for Dewsbury-Hall and Nelson before the beginning of next term.