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Uncover the unsung heroes of Brighton. From electric wingers to steady midfielders. Sometimes the best players are largely overlooked!

Brighton and Hove Albion are known for their incredible depths of young talent, combined with a remarkable mixture of experience.

Which players are everyone overlooking at the moment? 

1. Yankuba Minteh

Yankuba Minteh is very good at football. I don't think people realise how good he actually is at football. 

The Gambian was signed from Newcastle United for £33 million, but his fee feels like an insult when you now consider his value to Fabian Hürzeler's side.

Minteh is electric. His pace, combined with his work ethic, is one of the best I've seen at the club for some time. Not many players have the work rate that Minteh does. Danny Welbeck has even explained to him that sometimes being overly excited can be overcompensating!

He brings this excitement and energy to the wings, too. Covering both on the left and right, with a mean left foot, allows for dangerous crosses into the box and cutting back inside. Because he is a very technically gifted player, his pace is lethal for most full-backs in the league.

He has the second most take-ons in the Premier League so far (56), shortly behind the ever-exciting Jeremy Doku (63) of Manchester City. This statistic may seem shocking, and combined with his tenacity to chase down challenges and cover backtracking, too, he is a significant player for Hürzeler's team. 

When his naivety in his game is reduced, Minteh has the potential to be the next big transfer at the club.

2. Yasin Ayari

While not being a player who steals the limelight, Ayari has quietly settled into being a consistent Premier League performer.

A young player who, on the ball, is very easy on the eye. The Swedish international will now represent his nation at the World Cup, and having a consistent player who will always turn up in your team to give his all and produce a solid performance cannot be underestimated. 

Players like Joel Veltman and James Milner come to mind for simplicity, being effective. These sorts of players can rack up hundreds of appearances for clubs while being largely unnoticed. 

When Albion are rattled, Ayari usually picks up the pieces.

He can start games weekly and come onto the pitch to calm things down. Having that level of maturity in his game at only 22 years of age is a sign of his high footballing IQ.

Short passing, build-up play and the occasional worldie make him a serious contender for a player who is a lot better than you actually think. 

His flaw tends to be on the physical side of the game, where he can be loose in transition and often outmuscled. Paired with a player like Milner or Carlos Baleba can make him considerably more effective. 

3. Kaoru Mitoma

Everyone knows that Kaoru Mitoma is good, but nobody understands how good Mitoma actually is. 

The Japanese international is renowned for his technical ability, dribbling, first touches, and effortless brilliance. Since his goal against England, the world finally started to take notice of our wing wizard.

Roberto De Zerbi claimed Mitoma is "so, so underrated".

There is one thing understanding Mitoma's qualities, but there is another understanding the depths of how good he has been for the length of time he has been.

For Brighton fans, his goal against England was not a surprise. If anything, it was expected. It was vintage Mitoma at his very finest.

His ability to create something out of nothing is something of a superstar quality, but even up until this moment, people were questioning what happened to him. How he fell off to the extent he did, and how he felt like a forgotten player. In reality, Mitoma had never changed, and he has been equally important for Albion since that moment. 

His first touch remains one of the best I've ever seen, but that is the tip of the iceberg of the player you get to see weekly. If he were playing for Manchester City, everyone would talk about him.

Put simply, if you don't enjoy watching Mitoma play football, you don't understand football.