Brighton defender Adam Webster has signed a bumper new five-year contract in a major boost for the Seagulls ahead of the new season.

A few days after Ben White’s £50m departure for Arsenal, Brighton have secured the long-term future of another of their centre-backs by tying Webster down on an improved deal that will run until 2026.

Webster, 26, was two years into the four-year agreement he signed following his club record £22m transfer from Bristol City in 2019.