West Ham and Rangers turn transfer rivals over 'huge potential' star as Light Blues to 'formalise' interest

Rangers and West Ham United are set to be two clubs battling out to sign an exciting winger this summer.

The Premiership side are keen to add more players to Derek McInnes’ squad with the season beginning next week. One player on their radar is Brighton winger Amario Cozier-Duberry after an impressive season on loan at Bolton Wanderers in the EFL. He came through the ranks at Arsenal before signing for the Seagulls and has also spent time on loan at Blackburn Rovers.

Cozier-Duberry has now attracted a number of suitors, including Rangers, West Ham United, and others on the continent. Ibrox interest is set to be followed up as Brighton stand hopeful that the 21-year-old will sign a new contract.

Who wants to sign Amario Cozier-Duberry?

The Sun’s Arsenal reporter, Simon Collings, said on X: “Rangers are set to formalise their interest in Brighton winger Amario Cozier-Duberry. Anderlecht had a £5m bid rejected. Hull, West Ham, Paris FC & Red Bull Salzburg keen on the former Arsenal academy graduate. Brighton want him to sign a new deal.”

Bolton boss Steven Schumacher knew he had a top player on his hands when signing him last summer. He said: “Amario is another exciting signing for us and we are thrilled to welcome him to the Football Club. He arrives with huge amounts of potential and the staff and I are really looking forward to working with him and helping him to develop and grow as both a person and as a player.

“Having tracked him closely for a while, we know he is someone who loves to attack and have the ball at his feet - and like Thierry Gale- offers us a profile of player that we have been looking for throughout this summer.

Why did Bolton sign Amario Cozier-Duberry?

"With his previous experiences, especially playing in the Championship last season, we know he has the ability to succeed in a Bolton shirt. With our pre-season trip just around the corner, Amario arrives at the perfect time to easily bed into the playing group ahead of the upcoming campaign.”

Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler also spoke highly of the winger shortly after he netted in a friendly for the Seagulls after his move from Arsenal. He said: “I'm not the biggest fan of talking about individual players. But of course today was a great performance for him. His performance was not only about scoring goals, but the most important thing is how we work against the ball and how he does counter pressing when we lose the ball. And I see a lot of positive things, not only from him, also from the whole team.

“He's still very young and we try to improve him every day. But it's not only that we try to improve every day, I think it's also important that the player wants to improve. He has this attitude and he has this character inside of him that when he's coming to training, every time he's listening, he's trying to develop, he's trying to improve individual things. So I'm very satisfied with his performance so far.”