Kaoru Mitoma
28-Year-Old
Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier
OUT
Injury Ankle
Est. Return 12/13/2025
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Mitoma's third season in Brighton saw him set a bevy of new bests, including 10 goals and 2,608 league minutes played. Even with the bevy of options in the squad, Mitoma seems to have a set role on the left wing to himself, at least when fully fit. Assuming that's the case again, 15 goal contributions are in play, if not more. As always with Mitoma, though, those are likely to come in bursts with plenty of dry spells such as his nearly two-month period without a goal contribution in the middle of last season.
Missing from call
Mitoma (ankle) is out for Sunday's match against West Ham.
ANALYSIS
Mitoma is not with the team after his setback, as the attacker is still on the outside looking in due to his ankle issue. This is rough for the attacker, as he last played over two months ago, hoping his return can come soon and ahead of Christmas.
Mitoma is not with the team after his setback, as the attacker is still on the outside looking in due to his ankle issue. This is rough for the attacker, as he last played over two months ago, hoping his return can come soon and ahead of Christmas.
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Small setback, could be back
Mitoma (ankle) suffered a small setback in training but is again a late call for Sunday's clash against West Ham United, coach Fabian Hurzeler said in the press conference, according to The Argus. "[Kaoru] is still an option, so let's see if he's able to train today. He had a small setback during the training session, not a big one, so hopefully he can train today and then for sure we try to make him as quick as possible an option for us."
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Late call against Aston Villa
Mitoma (ankle) trained with the team on Monday and will be a late call for Wednesday's clash against Aston Villa, coach Fabian Hurzeler said in the press conference. "Kaoru was training yesterday [Monday] and he will train today. Then we have to make a decision if he's an option for the squad. But he's definitely really close."
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Aims return before Christmas
Mitoma (ankle) aims a return before Christmas as he is getting close to make the match squad, coach Fabian Hurzeler said in the press conference, according to Derren Howard from Sussex Express. "Kaoru is close."
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Doesn't have clear timeline
Mitoma (ankle) was spotted on the pitch earlier in the week but doesn't have a clear timeline to return, coach Fabian Hurzeler said in the press conference. "It's not an easy thing to predict. In the last international break I said it's just a question of two or three weeks. But now he's getting close. He has to handle the pain, so it's not a big issue, everything is healed, so he should be fine. We just have to see how he can handle the pain."
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Trains Saturday
Mitoma (ankle) was viewed in training Saturday, according to his club.
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Not keen on leaving Brighton
Mitoma is not keen on leaving Brighton in the summer, according to Sky Sports.
ANALYSIS
Bayern Munich want to sign Mitoma in the summer to solve their lack of depth on the left side of the attack. However, the Japan international is not ready to leave the Premier League club yet. Mitoma would prefer to sign a new deal with the Seagulls rather than move to Germany and join the Bundesliga giants.
Bayern Munich want to sign Mitoma in the summer to solve their lack of depth on the left side of the attack. However, the Japan international is not ready to leave the Premier League club yet. Mitoma would prefer to sign a new deal with the Seagulls rather than move to Germany and join the Bundesliga giants.