How to beat the 'Big 6' | Inside Premier League's 'best-run' club with Brighton CEO Paul Barber - The Sports Agents
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🗓️ 7 May 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Brighton are known as one of football's best run clubs with a seemingly constant yearly profit margin above £100 million... and today they have officially announced that their 33 year old manager Fabian Hürzeler has signed a new contract.
A club on the verge of a second season playing European football and that has recently announced they are the first club the world to have a purpose built women's football stadium.
Their CEO Paul Barber joins Gabby and Mark to give us insight on what really happens behind the scenes to keep it so successful.
Paul also tells all about his relationship with former managers Graham Potter and Roberto De Zerbi - followed by his history with Spurs, working under Daniel Levy.
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| 0:00.0 | Buzzing for the game this week, I want to hear what my mates are saying, |
| 0:04.0 | I want to tell them they're delusional, want to tell them who's score first. |
| 0:08.0 | I want to call the half-time score and the full-time score, and when our kid pipes up and says, |
| 0:13.0 | want to bet, I'll stop. |
| 0:16.0 | Think about it. Check my limits. |
| 0:18.0 | Check how much I've played. |
| 0:20.0 | And maybe I'll think, nah, not today, mate. |
| 0:23.3 | Sometimes the best bet is the one you don't make. Gamble responsibly. Bet Fred, 18 plus gamble |
| 0:29.2 | aware.org. This is a global player original podcast. Paul Barber Brighton, CEO. |
| 0:37.0 | It's paper talk at the moment that he has signed a new contract. Can you tell us anything |
| 0:40.9 | that confirms that? I would say the ink is just about drying on that new contract. |
| 0:45.3 | There is just something beautifully funny about Houserie, isn't that? |
| 0:49.0 | Chelsea being my best customer. Oh my God, Gabby, you're in a Winni Bego outside? |
| 0:53.4 | Behind the... Yeah. |
| 0:54.3 | Certainly during my time there, Daniel was an incredible force for good. His sort of legacy at |
| 1:00.0 | Topham will be seen more fondly in the future than perhaps it is right now. |
| 1:13.8 | Welcome to the sports agents. Hello Mark. |
| 1:22.1 | Hi, Gabby. Brighton are going to be the focus of this podcast, but also a little bit wider on how to run a football club. |
| 1:29.7 | Obviously, we talk many times about how well run Brighton are. So their CEO, Paul Barber, is going to join us. |
| 1:33.2 | But the Brighton owner recently has got into sort of multi-club ownership. |
| 1:35.5 | And it's doing very well, of course, north of the border. |
| 1:37.5 | Very well with hearts. |
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