Brighton has signed teenage forward Charalampos Kostoulas who gave up a Champions League season with Olympiakos to play in the Premier League.

Brighton have signed 18-year-old forward Charalampos Kostoulas for £29.78m (35m euros) from Greek side Olympiakos. The teenager has signed a five-year contract that will start on 1 July. The deal represents by some distance the highest fee ever received by a Greek club, beating the £16.6m Wolves paid to sign Daniel Podence from Olympiakos in 2020.

Brighton signed Kostoulas’ compatriot Stefanos Tzimas earlier this year. The 19-year-old striker signed from Nurnberg in January for a fee in excess of £20m and returned to the German second-tier on loan for the remainder of the season.