SHANE DUFFY has targeted a Premier League return with Albion – after his top flight career was cut short by a move for David Moyes.
Moyes handed the Seagulls’ record signing his debut for Everton in the Europa League when he was only 17.
Duffy also had a run of games in the Premier League at Goodison Park as a 21-year-old following loan spells at Burnley in Scunthorpe.
Then Moyes left for Manchester United, Duffy’s progress stalled under successor Roberto Martinez and the centre-half rebuilt his career with a loan move to Yeovil and permanent switch to Blackburn.
Duffy, 24, bought by Albion from Rovers for a fee of around £3.5 million, said: “He (Moyes) signed me when I was 16 and then he gave me my debut in the Premier League and played me in Europe. Unfortunately, he got a big job at Man United and left.
“It stopped for me and I ended up moving on. Managers have different opinions.
“I think it was a good decision for me to leave, drop a division and learn from the mistakes I was making.
“Hopefully I can push on from here and try to get back into the Premier League with Brighton.”
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