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Brighton boss Hughton admits summer signings yet to spark

Brighton boss Chris Hughton admits his summer signings are yet to spark.

After staying up in their first Premier League season, the Seagulls spent almost £60m on 10 new players - but only winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh seems to have established himself so far.

"I think it would be fair to say they haven't hit the levels required yet," said Hughton.

"They all have different circumstances. One is about the form of the players. In Florin Andone's situation he came with an injury and had a couple of little problems that stopped his progress being as quick as he would have liked.

"Bernardo is a real talent at left-back and I think has got a bright future for us - but my choices have been a bit different and that can happen.

"Of course if the team is doing well enough - and we have stated okay - you don't make those changes. But I fully expect the new players we brought in to play a big part this season."

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