This after reports suggested he was being monitored all summer. Mirror Football wrote that, in response to speculation surrounding the 20-year-old, the Seagulls are ready to hand him a new contract.
Former Brighton boss Graham Potter, before arriving at Chelsea, claimed before the end of the window that the Ecuadorian was worth close to £100m, amid reports that a £42m bid had been put forward. “You'd probably get his boots from the president – maybe! £100 million? They can try. It doesn't surprise me that people are looking at him because he's playing at a fantastic level."