Every word from Graham Potter's first press conference as Brighton & Hove Albion head coach

Among the talking points were whether the 44-year-old could impose his brand of attacking football on Albion, the aims for the Seagulls next season, the possibility of raiding former club Swansea City in the summer and more.

Opening statement

"I'd like to start by thanking everybody at Swansea City - not least the owners, the chairman, the staff, the players, and especially the wonderful supporters there.

"It was a tough decision for me to leave Sweden and I had a fantastic year at Swansea. It's a great football club and I wish them all the success in the future.

"That said, I'm delighted to be here on my birthday. I've had a couple of days of speaking with Tony (Bloom - chairman) and Paul (Barber - chief executive) and Dan (Ashworth - Technical Director).

“I was really sold on their vision for the club and how they spoke about taking things forward and I'm delighted to be here.

“They've been on a wonderful journey for the last ten years since Tony's taken over, especially taking them into the third successive year in the Premier League.

“There's a lot of good work that has been done here and it's my responsibility to build on that good work.

“I'm looking forward, over the next few days, to meet everybody and then start the planning process for what's going to be an exciting season.”

You celebrate your birthday today. Is this a dream birthday move?

"I've had worse birthday presents that's for sure. It's a fantastic opportunity, as I'm sure you can imagine, for me.

"I'm very excited, very proud, and I'm aware of the responsibility that I have. I'm looking forward to getting further and further into the football club and working with the players once they've come back from their well-earned break.

"In the meantime, we need to get on with the planning and preparation that we need for a Premier League season."

When did Brighton first approach you?

"It was a couple of days ago now. I've had a couple of days of intense conversation and talks because the project we had at Swansea was very challenging but we were still in the middle of that.

"There's a lot of good people at this football club and I'm very excited to be here."

Do you feel you can transform the way Brighton play football?

"My job is to try to, like any coach, improve. What's gone before is a lot of good work - that's the first thing to say.

"Chris (Hughton, his predecessor) has done a fantastic job at this football club. I've not met him personally but everybody that I've spoken to has said he's a top, top human being.

"Great work has been done here and I'm very fortunate and I've got a big responsibility to improve that."

How is the management structure going to work?

"Billy Reid is my assistant. He's been my assistant from my time in Ostersunds and came with me to Swansea,

"Bjorn Hamberg, who's my first-team coach, helps with the details around the training and match planning.

"Kyle Macauley has been with me in terms of recruitment and will step into the existing structure that we have here.

"We're a team and we have different personalities, thankfully, and hopefully as a group we can cover a few areas.

"I'm looking forward to working with the existing people that are here. There are a lot of good people here at this football club and we're all really excited."

Are there people in Swansea who feel let down? What would your message be to the Swansea fans? Are you going back to take any of their star players?

"My message to the Swansea City fans is just to say thank you because the support that they gave me was incredible. I'll always remember that for the rest of my life.

"It wasn't easy to leave Sweden after seven-and-a-half years and they supported me incredibly.