Brighton news: Warren Aspinall on Fabian Hurzeler

Former Brighton player Warren Aspinall believes head coach Fabian Hurzeler has passed his first Premier League season ‘with flying colours’.

The 32-year-old is the league’s youngest permanent manager and behind Chelsea, named on average the second youngest squad in the division.

“I think he’s been a revelation, at the age he is to come to a different country and a different league,” Aspinall told BBC Radio Sussex’s ‘Albion Unlimited’ podcast.

“First time in the Premier League – he doesn’t know the pace of the league but he soon found out. He’s come to a different country with a different culture. Lots of things going on and he didn’t have many background staff with him to start off with.

“We’ve had little dips and things and I think the big dip for me was losing in the FA Cup when we lost 4-3 on penalties [to Nottingham Forest in the quarter-final] and that deflated us quite a lot.

“So it was a tough season for him but he’s come out with flying colours.”

Listen to the full chat here