After making his prolific loan move to Brighton permanent for £3m, the 33-year-old striker is hoping for another shot at the Premier League
Confirmation of Brighton & Hove Albion’s most significant deal of the January window had dropped early afternoon on deadline day and, true to form at a club who have made a habit of quietly impressive yet relentless progress, it went almost unnoticed on the yellow-tickered conveyor belt of opportunistic buys elsewhere.
Glenn Murray, previously a mere loanee from Bournemouth, had signed a two-and-a-half-year contract. Chris Hughton acknowledged the striker had “done exactly what we hoped he would” over the campaign to date. Murray, rather than lingering on his own contribution, talked up the strength of the collective, the spirit in the group, the manager’s focused approach.
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