Albion’s big-spending summer transfer window of 2024 should not be seen or judged in isolation.

And we should probably not expect a repeat any time soon.

All that appeared clear as business closed last week and has been made even more evident after Tony Bloom talked fans through what has happened in recent times.

The Seagulls spent big this summer after a couple of years making huge financial gains.

Those record profits of 2022-23 and anticipated great results for last season, which will include the sale of Moises Caicedo, are all part of this bigger picture, allowing them to strike at the right time.

Equally, the signings do not just include players for this season.

They have also done some of what might have been future years’ spending now, striking early.

This is nothing new – they did likewise with players such as Caicedo, Alexis Mac Allister, Jan Paul van Hecke and Kaoru Mitoma (as well as some who didn’t work out so well).

For this window, Ibrahim Osman, Malick Yalcouye and Amario Cozier-Duberry have all gone straight out on loan.

The end result is a squad which has got Bloom hugely excited about what lies ahead under recently-arrived head coach Fabian Huerzeler.

But also more than happy with the club’s ongoing financial situation and with room to manoeuvre within spending regulations.

In the end, Bloom has indicated the window was even busier than he had expected.

The Albion chairman said: “Certainly at the start of the window, we knew there were going to be opportunities.

“We knew there was going to be quite a few incomings, quite a few changes. We probably didn’t envisage quite as much.

“You never quite know how a transfer window will transpire.

“The players you want to bring in, are they going to be within budget? Are they going to be available?

“But I think the circumstances has allowed this.

“The PSR issues of other clubs is well known, perhaps other bigger clubs on the continent haven’t quite got the budgets to compete with some of the Premier League teams.

“So, some of the players which perhaps wouldn’t have been available to us in the past have became available.

“And the way our transfers have worked in the last two or three windows, we may have lost some key players and haven’t always be able to replace those ones straight away.

“We’ve invested a lot in younger players, but this season, sometimes these things go in swings and roundabouts.

“We’ve managed to bring in lots of first team players. And on top of that, we’ve invested a lot in younger players, some of them have gone out on loan.”

“Other players like (Facundo) Buonanotte who was here did really well.

“With the players we’ve brought in, we didn’t think he would have the opportunity so much this season, so he’s got a great loan at Leicester.

“Ibrahim Osman, who’s a great talent, has gone on to Feyenoord where (Yankuba) Minteh was last season. He had a tremendous season. Going forward we probably won’t see anything like that in the next two or three transfer windows.

“If we lose some key players in future windows, we will hopefully have players coming through - the younger players within the squad at the moment, or players that we’ve invested in the last couple of years coming through, or academy players who have again, some of them have gone out on loan and we hope will come back in the next one or two seasons to really be a big chance of making our first team. So there’s a bit of future-proofing in there.”

Albion’s way of identifying and recruiting talent does not change in terms of principles and ultimately it appears it was disagreement over that philosophy, rather than the amount being spent, which led to the parting of the ways with Roberto De Zerbi.

The head coach has less of a role in signing players at Albion than at many other clubs.

But Bloom has highlighted the part Huerzeler can play in getting deals over the line.

He said: “Fabian has only had one summer transfer window with St Pauli and that would have been quite different to what he had here. This was one of the most active transfer windows that we have ever had.

“He is in regular contact in particular with David (Weir, technical director) and Mike (Cave, his deputy) on a daily basis on potential transfers.

“He was really easy to deal with in terms of getting his view of the players he needs, the styles.

“Our role is deciding which players to go for between myself and David and Mike and going to get them.

“Fabian is really helpful as well, at the latter stage, when we need to persuade players to come and show them the potential of Brighton and Hove Albion and what club they are coming into.

“Fabian is a big part of that, explaining their role and having good discussions.

“Some of our players coming in have said how important that conversation with Fabian was in terms of deciding Brighton is the place they want to come to.

“Then, typically, we have got to negotiate with the club, which is never easy, to agree a transfer fee and obviously agree personal terms with a player.”

Bloom said he has “regular chats but not daily” with his head coach.

But he is keen to see what lies ahead – with Europe the goal.