• Hürzeler is league’s youngest permanent head coach
• German influenced by ‘best in the world’ Pep Guardiola

At 31, Fabian Hürzeler, the Premier League’s youngest permanent head coach, is fulfilling a long-term ambition. “It’s always been the ­target,” he said when unveiled at Brighton’s training complex on Tuesday. “It’s important in life to have targets for orientation and it was always a target to be in the Premier League. But it’s also surprising that it’s now.”

Sitting alongside the owner, Tony Bloom, the chief executive, Paul ­Barber, and the technical director, David Weir, the German made a confident media debut.