Seagulls keep eye on Chris
BRIGHTON are the latest club to show an interest in Motherwell midfielder Chris Cadden.
Record Sport can reveal the Premier League new boys had the Scotland Under-21 watched against Berwick on Saturday.
Hearts have already had a £300,000 bid rejected and the Tynecastle side sent their Under-20s chief Jon Daly to Fir Park at the weekend to further monitor the strong-running player.
Motherwell are in no rush to part with Cadden and boss Stephen Robinson insisted his player’s head hasn’t been turned by the attention he’s receiving.
Robinson said: “If STAYING FOCUSED Cadden someone comes in with the right money and it benefits everyone then any player will go.
“But if not, I’m straight with them and tell them it’s not happening and you need to get on with it. And that’s what he’s done.
“He’s a Motherwell player and he wants to kick on. He knows this is the place for him to do it.” GAEL BIGIRIMANA endured a hellish spell at Ibrox a couple of years ago as part of the infamous Newcastle Five who were spirited into Rangers in the last days of Charles Green’s regime.
The young midfielder didn’t kick a ball for five months in Glasgow after red tape restricted him from playing because of a mysterious medical condition that didn’t stop him turning out in England but denied him the chance to play north of the border.
Bigirimana was frozen out, unable to even train with Stuart McCall’s first team, but he’s come out the other side. And having gone to Coventry at the end of his time at Ibrox the 23-year-old has
returned to Scottish football and is making an early impression with Motherwell as they secured a place in the knockout stage of the Betfred Cup with a 1-0 victory over Berwick at Fir Park.
And fate has decreed that Bigi’s first league match in Scotland, on Sunday, will be against the team he wanted to play for but couldn’t.
The Burundi-born playmaker can’t wait to lock horns with Gers at Fir Park but his desperation to play in that game isn’t motivated by malice or revenge.
He got his head round that situation a long time ago and although, understandably, he was unwilling to discuss his medical history Bigirimana admitted his time in Glasgow was a major test.
He said: “I know there was a lot of aggro going on behind the scenes but for the boys who came up from Newcastle, we were excited to go to a club like Rangers and get some game time.
“For some of them it worked out well but for me it was just one of those things in life where there was a misunderstanding. Clubs have to protect themselves but in