Albion boss Mark McGhee has ruled out an immediate move for out-of-favour centre half Stuart Nethercott from his former club Millwall.

McGhee said: "Stuart would be a great asset to us. Whether I'm going to bring him here or not remains to be seen.

"He is different from Guy Butters but not dissimilar in a lot of ways to Danny Cullip and we have also got Adam El-Abd to look at closely before I make a decision.

"I think we are reasonably well served in that area. If we can get the centre halves back to what they were then we probably won't need someone like Stuart."

McGhee's priority remains a striker.

Torquay's David Graham is a player he rates but the former Glasgow Rangers and Dunfermline marksman is out of the Seagulls' price range.

Albion midfielder Dean Hammond is staying on loan to Third Division Leyton Orient for a second month but David Lee is back from his spell at Thurrock.

He would have been suspended for the non-league club's FA Cup replay at Luton last night.