Gus Poyet has warned Brighton he will move on if the club fail to match his own ambitions.
Manager targets the top flight - with or without Brighton
Gus Poyet has warned Brighton he will move on if the club fail to match his own ambitions.
The Uruguayan took charge of the Seagulls in November 2009 when the club were struggling in League One.
He guided them to promotion in the 2010/11 season and they have since continued to improve, currently sitting ninth in the Championship table in play-off contention.
And Brighton face another test of their progress on Sunday when they take on Liverpool at Anfield in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
"I'm not the type of manager who will tell you what everybody wants to hear, 'I'm going to stay here for life'," Poyet told the
Daily Star.
"I am going to stay here because it's a great place to be now. In three or four years' time if I didn't make the Premier League and I have the chance to go to a top-flight club that I think is a better opportunity, then the chairman knows that, there are no secrets.
Focus
"At the moment I prefer not to think about it because if you start thinking this manager is coming, going, this club has no manager, you don't concentrate on the job.
"If it's coming, we will deal with that. If it's the right place, then we have a problem because I'm going to think about it deeply.
"My aim is to reach the Premier League with Brighton. That's the easiest way.
"To do it in the right time frame and get set up so we stay there, not go straight back down.
"If we cannot make it or other opportunities come in before that, then I will think about it."
