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The Guardian - UK
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John Brewin

Fabian Hürzeler hits his Premier League target by taking Brighton job at 31

Fabian Hürzeler is unvelied as Brighton's new head coach
Fabian Hürzeler is relishing the chance to work in the Premier League at Brighton. Photograph: Steven Paston/PA

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.

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