Beram Kayal has stated that his friendship with Brighton & Hove Albion teammate Tomer Hemed will inspire people to look past religious affiliations.

Kayal, who is an Arabic Muslim, shares a very good relationship with his Jewish teammate Tomer Hemed and the midfielder is hopeful that his strong friendship with the Brighton attacker will prove a testament to people that religious belief should not divide human beings.

Kayal told The Argus: "I enjoy being a professional footballer, living my dream. Things like that are part of my career, to show young people, the children, something nice and to be the right role model for them.

"No matter who you are and what is your colour or religion, we just need to show the right way for people who come to see us every week.

"There has been a lot of talk about me and Tomer, because I'm an Arabic Muslim and Tomer is Jewish, playing together for Israel and Brighton and growing up together.

"The story is very special and hopefully we can give a good example to children to grow up with a lot of positive things."