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Brighton boss Fabian Hurzeler has been speaking to the media before Monday's Premier League game against Bournemouth at American Express Stadium (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- There has been some sickness in the camp this week but as the game isn't until Monday, Hurzeler is hopeful the players will have time to recover and still be an option.
- Carlos Baleba is back from Afcon and is "in good shape and good mood" so he should be available to face Bournemouth.
- Yankuba Minteh will return but Mats Wieffer remains sidelined.
- On the reason to bring Mike Anthony in as head of player development and high performance: "We saw some things [from New Zealand rugby] that I thought we could bring in to our culture and help us improve our connection and how we collaborate together."
- Hurzeler said the club's medical department deserve "big praise" as Danny Welbeck "has been playing an incredible amount of minutes" in the last couple of months and that is down to their hard work and his "professional" attitude.
- More on Welbeck: "He's getting better and better but we have to manage him. You need these kind of role models in your team because they can help to hold the young players to account."
- He said Evan Ferguson, who has been linked with a switch to Celtic on loan in this window, is expected to remain at Roma and not make the switch.
- On Bournemouth: "We expect intensity because they are capable of beating every team. They demand a lot from us so we have to be mentally and physically at our highest level to beat them."
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