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​Brighton get Murray & Locadia back for Watford

Brighton are boosted by the news that Glenn Murray and Jurgen Locadia are back for the first game of the season against Watford.

However, they will be without Jose Izquierdo and Florin Andone.

Murray was hurt in the last friendly of preseason against Nantes, but he is fit and raring to go.

Boss Chris Hughton told The Argus today: "Glenn's fine, he is back training. He went for a ball the day before the Nantes game, whacked his back and neck, started the game and probably if he's had another 24 hours he'd have been okay.

"Locadia is fine. He's been training. Andone is still not quite there, but we expect him to train tomorrow or Monday, and Izquierdo hasn't quite made it.

"Coming back from a World Cup campaign, it's just giving him that little bit more time to get up to speed."

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