You could easily imagine Brighton giving him a nice pay bump and him getting some kind of guarantee he can go should a CL come calling.
He gets the security of the extra wedge just in case he picked up a significant injury or a CL club didn’t come chasing this summer. Brighton guarantee themselves a whacking great fee. Both come out looking like decent parties whilst ensuring they get their pockets filled one way or another.
Seems like they found a win-win. (Edit: without knowing the details of the contract, so it is all speculative!)
I’m sure his terms at Brighton improved. Then he also would have had the security of being under contract with Brighton. Going on a Bosman does carry some risk for the player, for example, if they suffer a bad injury right before they are due to leave.
So that’s what was in it for the player. Plus, probably, cooperation with Brighton on a smooth move, as presumably he watched with interest what happened to Caicedo, whose price went up and up, and more hangers in emerged, and he was priced out of at least two good moves. (I’m sure it will come around again for him though, and he won’t be at Brighton long term).
So those are the things the player gets. Better wages. Better security. Better cooperation in a future transfer.
And the club, in return, receives a reasonable transfer fee, which is fair to them, as they gave the player his Prem chance, and his star rose under their auspices.
Watching the Brighton versus Everton game and the blues (in pink) are marauding through the Brighton midfield as if it wasn’t even there.
On that basis, he’d feel very at home here.
watching the 2nd and 3rd goals at half time and he barely makes any effort to get back and defend ,strolls on the 3rd and leaves it too late on the 2nd.
I’ve seen enough, close this thread.
Did he lean against something thats not at kirby?
On this performance a straight swap deal with Milner would represent a good deal 
Maybe hes trying to/trying not to trigger one of these clauses to seal his move to us.
Coutinho bad back stylee.
Just scored a screamer
Do we like him again?
Mac is dead, long live Mac.
Almost like he needs a workhorse player next to him to be fully effective 
He did have a workhorse next to him, but De Zerbi decided to leave 6 players up front at all times and Everton countered with ease. Konate and Van Dijk couldn’t cope earlier in the season when left that exposed, Dunk and Webster had no chance.
Mac Allister still probably won the ball back the most for Brighton, had the best touches on the ball and wasn’t too far away from scoring a hat trick. If that’s an example of his worst game, still pretty good.
2nd half he was much better
Got a 7.4 rating on Sofa, Brighton’s best rated player. Second was Gross at 7.0.
Mac yesterday:
xG: 1.13
xA: 0.19
99 touches
67 accurate passes (87%)
2 key passses
0/3 crosses
2 shots on target
1 shot off target
1 shot blocked
1 hit the woodwork
2/2 dribble attempts
8/14 ground duels won
3/9 aerial duels won
19 possession lost
2 fouls
3 was fouled
3 tackles
2 dribbled past
Love how we’re judging him on Brighton’s worst game of the season 
Even less
On the first half of their worst game
If the glass isn’t already half empty, it’s always worth pouring some more out.
I think what that game showed us is that even good players can be shown up if the system/formation is wrong,as was the case in the first half.
Perfectly logical transfer for us. We should and need to have a MacSonethingorother in the team.
It is the way.