Former Brighton striker Glenn Murray says management did well to keep hold of Ben White.
White spent the 2019/20 season on loan at Leeds, making 49 appearances across all competitions to help the club win promotion from the Championship.
Leeds made no secret of their admiration for White and made three bids, which reached £25million, to sign the 23-year-old defender but Brighton decided not to sell.
Asked on talkSPORT if White had the quality to play for England and in the Champions League, he replied: “Yes, he has. He's a very new school centre-half.
“I remember when he was called over into the first team. It must have been 2017/18, something like that.
“And this kid keeps nipping in front of me. Constantly. I am like 'is he getting the better of me? Or am I slowing down or what?'
“But even from the first day this kid stepped in, I said 'this kid has got a bit'. What he has gone to do has proved that he is the real deal and I do think he can go onto bigger and better things.
“I think credit has to be given to Brighton and the chairman down there for turning down what was a huge sum of money from Leeds in the summer, for someone who was, at the time, unproven in the Premier League."