Leon Balogun For New Season With Brighton

Brighton and Hove Albion's Leon Balogun is prepared to vie for an inside back spot in front of the beginning of the 2018-19 battle.

Prior in the late spring, the Nigeria universal arrived the English Premier League equip on a free from Mainz 05.

Also, since returning for pre-season from World Cup obligations, he has been put through his pace with whatever is left of Chris Hughton's squad, pivoting the focal protective spots with dependable combine Lewis Dunk and Shane Duffy

Mindful of the pair's characteristics, the 30-year-old trusts the opposition for spots will enable them to enhance, and will make himself 'prepared constantly'.

"It's constantly great to have that opposition, it will enhance every one of us as protectors and afterward we need to take it from that point," Balogun told club site.

"The chief will settle on a choice and we'll all acknowledge that, yet you must be prepared constantly.

"I've seen the characteristics of Lewis and Shane in the previous week or so since I've been here – I played with Lewis out of the blue [against Charlton Athletic] and he's extremely created on the ball.

"Both are exceptionally solid physically and you can tell that they've played here for quite a while as of now, however I have characteristics myself and I'll put in my best and see what occurs from that point."

Having had an essence of a World Cup competition, being a consistent apparatus for an unfortunate Super Eagles side that smashed out at the gathering phases of Russia 2018, Balogun confronted a few assailants in the quadrennial competition yet opines that their partners in the English best flight are more quality.

"The strikers in the Premier League will have more quality than the World Cup as I would like to think, and I think the characteristics of the hostile players in the division mean it will be an energizing test for me.

"I've come into a side where the two focal protectors did a year ago – I simply need to put forth a valiant effort, buckle down and after that you trust it's sufficient.

"I can't come in and say I've played in the World Cup and I should begin – it must be about me winning a place in the group."

On August 11, Brighton kick-begin the 2018-19 EPL season with a tie against Watford at Vicarage Road, and the West Berlin-conceived protector says something regarding how well he has settled in - in front of his first since forever assignment far from Germany, at club level.

"Despite everything I need to settle in and habituate myself to another framework contrasted with my previous club, yet at this level, you need a specific level of comprehension.

"I joined the gathering three weeks after the fact however it's simply an aspect of my responsibilities – it's significantly more physical here and in some cases it can be faster as well.

"There is more individual quality all through groups, yet I realized that before I came here – the hostile players are solid and skilful yet I'm eager to confront them when I can.