Brighton agree deal with Richie Towell

The Championship club have agreed to sign the midfielder, but he will have to wait until the move is approved by the Football League in order to play

Brighton & Hove Albion have confirmed that Richie Towell has agreed a two-and-a-half-year contract.



The 24-year-old midfielder, who was recently crowned the PFAI Player of the Year after a season in which he scored 29 goals, had been out of contract following a three-year spell at Dundalk.



Towell has agreed terms on a deal which will see him remain at the Championship club until 2018, but the club need to wait until the transfer window re-opens to complete the deal. As a result, the former Celtic midfielder will be unable to play until January 2016.



"Richie's had a wonderful season in Ireland and scored a lot of goals for the champions Dundalk from midfield, and that really caught our eye," Brighton boss Chris Hughton told the club website.



"He is something different to the number of very good midfield options we already have here at the club, and I am really looking forward to having him as part of our squad in the New Year."



Towell helped Dundalk to back-to-back Premier Division titles in 2015, scoring 25 goals in 32 league appearances and scored the decisive goal as Stephen Kenny's team defeated Cork City in the 2015 FAI Cup final.