The future of Brighton defender Ben White has been placed in doubt.
Amid suggestions that White could be available for £35million this summer, Brighton chairman Tony Bloom has moved to explain the financial damage that the stadium lockouts have had on the south coast club.
Speaking to BBC Radio Sussex, Bloom said: "This season and the previous season have been really tough financially. We have lost over £50m purely because of Covid over the two seasons. That money is never coming back.
"So, we have to be as prudent as we can in the coming seasons and try and be as competitive as we can.
"It is not easy, it is not easy for us or other clubs and some of the bigger clubs would have lost a lot more money because of the income that they get from bigger grounds and their huge hospitality and sponsorship compared to us.
"So, we have all got to manage that situation. I think we will see over the next two to three transfer seasons that things will be a little bit different than there have been historically."
