• Chris Hughton’s return to St James’ Park adds extra spice
Ayoze Pérez already knows that in the Championship little is ever certain but Newcastle United’s young Spanish striker remains convinced about two things. “Brighton’s going to be a special game,” he says. “And it’s going to be hard.”
If Chris Hughton’s return to St James’ Park on Saturday evening represents the “special” part of the equation, the former Newcastle manager’s Brighton side are out to capitalise on Rafael Benítez’s loss of two principal strikers, Dwight Gayle and Aleksandar Mitrovic to the Football Association’s precautionary concussion rules.
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