Deal close: Who is Brighton's £6m South American transfer target, how likely is the deal and what his club president said?

Julio Enciso is on the brink of sealing a move to Brighton

Brighton and Hove Albion are said to be closing in on a deal to sign one of South America's most promising youngsters

Albion in the closing stages of completing a deal for 18-year-old Paraguay international Julio Enciso for £6m from Primera División outfit Club Libertad on a five-year deal.

The attacking midfield player has scored 10 goals and bagged five assists in 51 appearances for the Paraguayan outfit and has already represented his country twice at international level.

Enciso is tipped as one of South America's finest young talents and made his debut for Club Libertad at just 15-years-of age.

He played for Paraguay at the 2019 South American under-15 Championship and made rapid progress to the senior Paraguay team and made his full debut in a 3–1 2021 Copa América win over Bolivia in June last year at the age of 18.

Ensico also became the youngest player to ever score in the Copa Libertadores this century,

The 5ft 6in midfielder joined Club Libertad as an 11-year-old and although they are reluctant to lose their star player the club president Rubén Di Tore admits Enciso is destined to move at some stage to a major European league. If not January then possibly the summer.