Former Brighton defender Inigo Calderon is delighted to be back as U18 coach.

Calderon took charge earlier this month, moving from Alaves.

He said, “I love it. It's complicated to understand, but I think I prefer to coach more than play.

“I don't think that too many people are saying that because they enjoy too much playing.

“I enjoyed playing but I was a defender and it was more about not making a mistake than you really enjoy playing football.

“As a coach I feel it is 24/7 and when you're a player it's just training and after you have to rest.

“When you're a coach, you have to So many things going on.

“It's 11 players in your head, plus the ones who are not playing, plus someone from the staff that has an issue or whatever.

“So it's all the time thinking about football and I love it.

“I get up so excited now. At six o'clock in the morning, I'm already awake. As a footballer, you cannot do that.

“You have to just rest and train and maybe you can play or not. That is up to the gaffer."