Preparations For Brighton Are Well Under Way

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00:00Brighton fans will really enjoy watching new signing Jorginho Rudder, BBC Radio Leeds commentator

00:05Adam Pope has said.

00:07Speaking on BBC Radio Sussex's LBN Unlimited podcast, Pope spoke about Rudder's time at

00:12Leeds from how the club would have bitten somebody's hands off to have a £40m bid for

00:17him after his first few months at the club, to becoming a fan favourite who Pope believed

00:21had a good chance of being this year's Championship Player of the Year.

00:25For the Championship he was unique, the sort of guy who could pick up a ball deep inside

00:29his own half and beat three or four players, scoop a pass over the defence and hence gets

00:33a bunch of assists," said Pope.

00:35"'What you won't get is a prolific goalscorer, if you're looking for a finisher, he's not

00:39your man.

00:41He is someone who will give you joy and unpredictability and for a very, very tall man he's very strong

00:46and very difficult to get off the ball, he has unbelievable feet, he's a joy to watch.

00:51Very unpredictable, to sum him up.'

00:54For £40m after his first few months at Leeds, you would have bitten somebody's hands off,

00:59you wouldn't have believed it because he was a bit broken after his Premier League experience

01:03when he was relegated, but last year he was brilliant.

01:07This year there would have been every chance he would have been Championship Player of

01:10the Year if he had stayed.

01:13Can he replicate his Championship form in the Premier League?

01:17Pope said, "'I don't expect him to replicate his mercurial sort of talent week in week

01:21out in the Premier League, what you will have though is a guy who became an absolute

01:24fan favourite.

01:26He's a really fun, bubbly character with an infectious laugh, in that sense he's great

01:30from a club point of view, because he'll get on with the fans and his team-mates, he will

01:34be popular straight away, you'll really enjoy him.

01:37At 22, it's all there in front of him, I don't think the Premier League experience would

01:41have harmed him too much, last year built his confidence up.

01:45He wanted the Premier League and this is his chance, so you're getting someone who's fully

01:49invested in it, if he can improve in the areas I've mentioned then you've got some

01:53player on your hands."