London, June 12 -- Brighton have agreed a £29.78m (35m euros) deal with Olympiakos for 18-year-old forward Charalampos Kostoulas.

The teenager was undergoing a medical with the club on Thursday, ahead of signing 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.

Should an add-on of £1.7m for Kostoulas be met during his time at Brighton, it would be a record paid for a Greek player - topping the £30.63m Napoli paid Roma for Kostas Manolas in 2019.

The Greece Under-21 international made his first-team debut in 2024, having come through Olympiakos' academy, acco...