Brighton chief Paul Barber has said the Seagulls couldn’t match the two-year deal Danny Welbeck was offered to join Chelsea.Welbeck has joined Chelsea from Brighton for a fee of around £5m, in a surprise switch for the veteran forward. The 35-year-old has signed a two-year deal at Stamford Bridge and Barber has said Brighton’s business model meant the club were not willing to match that contract.Welbeck scored 13 Premier League goals last season, the best return of his career, and Barber admitted it was ’emotional’ to see the forward leave after six seasons on the South Coast. However, he insisted Brighton had to remain ‘pragmatic’ about the club’s future.Speaking at the club’s pre-season fans’ forum on Thursday, Barber said: “We understand the emotion around it – we are all emotional about it because Danny’s fantastic and has been for six years.“We also have to look at it pragmatically with a business eye and also think about Fabian [Hurzeler’s] squad opportunities in the season ahead.“If we had started Danny in the first four or five games and he broke down, there’ll be some people saying ‘Why are you relying on a 36-year-old?’ or ‘It’s ridiculous, you should have thought about that!’ “We do think about these things, we obviously think about them very carefully and we came to the decision we came to and Danny came to the decision he came to. We think it’s right for both sides.”Follow the Football Faithful on Social Media:Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | YouTube | TikTokThe post Brighton CEO reveals reason Welbeck was allowed to leave for Chelsea appeared first on The Football Faithful.