We don't need to defend ourselves here: we are interested in Cucurella and he will come or he won't. Brighton are his club and they accept a bid or they don't.
As for the other stuff, we don't need to get hung up on it: we are the most successful English team of the decade and known as one of Europe's best teams. We are one of the best supported teams in the country, and always have been, despite being a yo-yo club for a good while. It is true that we have had good fortune in our ownership and it is true that they have invested huge sums. It is also true that we are now one of the clubs with more revenue than any other, we are self-funding, and we have a group of clubs that now mean that our sponsorship deals, linked to the wider group, are among the most lucrative in the game. All of this means that top players will now consider playing for us. If Cucurella is one of those, then great, if he isn't we move on.
Every single fan believes, rightly, that their club is special, and it is to all their supporters. Every single club's fans don't like it when their best players leave, but every single club buys players from others and their clubs accept bids; it is the nature of the beast and how the game works. All the insults are just the tribalism of the game and we don't need to get wrapped up in it; we just enjoy the team we have - one of the greatest in the game.