Having been named the top-flight's player of the month for September, it leads to the question of whether Brighton midfielder Pascal Gross may be one of the best value-for-money signings in Premier League history.

In fact the 35-year-old has effectively cost the Seagulls minus £3m - and been involved in 85 Premier League goals over two spells.

Nobody has been involved in more top-flight goals than Gross this season - six in five games.

He was Brighton's first Premier League signing in 2017 for a reported £3m from Ingolstadt and left for his boyhood club Borussia Dortmund in 2024 for £8m.

But in a surprise move he returned to Albion in January for about £1.7m.

Since Gross first joined Brighton nine years ago, only three players have created more chances in the division than his 562 - Bruno Fernandes, Kevin de Bruyne and Mohamed Salah.

And that includes the 18 months he was away from the Premier League.

So has Gross been underrated all this time?