'Cherish every moment' - how Brighton fans should approach this season
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Brighton supporters should "cherish every moment", believes football finance guru and Albion fan Kieran Maguire as he enjoys the view from the upper echelons of the Premier League.
"We are playing brilliant football under a coach who is being lauded by his peers for what he has done," Maguire told BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited.
"We should cherish every moment and not become entitled. I am loving every second."
Under the watchful eyes of Tony Bloom and Paul Barber, Albion are playing European football for the first time in their history this season and Maguire accepts that the natural order may reassert itself at some point in the future.
"We are Brighton and have spent the vast majority of our existence in the lower leagues," he said. "I expect that one day we will be back there. I don't want that, but let's enjoy it while we can."
Albion have been supremely successful with recruitment in recent seasons, allowing them to make huge profits on previously unknown players brought in at low cost.
Maguire is already starting to see the downside of that model.
"We are now seeing that if Albion are linked to a player, there is a Brighton tax," he said. "The selling clubs puts their price up or leaks it to others because if Brighton are after a player, they must know something the rest of football does not.
"It is effectively like getting a Michelin star, and we know how much it will cost to sign that player if they spend 12 months at Brighton."
