Uwe Rosler has hailed the Albion managerial vacancy as "very attractive" - but The Argus understands the former Wigan boss is an outside contender.

Rosler, axed by the Seagulls' fellow Championship strugglers Wigan in November, told Talksport: “I think the Brighton job is a very attractive job and obviously it’s an available job and managers out of work at the moment, like I am, will be linked to it.

"It’s a natural procedure in this business and nobody can stop that.For me, that is all I can say at the moment.”

Rosler guided Brentford to ninth and the play-offs in League One in his first post in England before steering Wigan to the semi-finals of the FA Cup and Championship play-offs last season.

The 46-year-old German's CV has been blemished by Wigan's sharp decline this season.