Albion have renewed their interest in luring Darren Currie back to Withdean from Luton in the quest for midfield re-enforcements.
Currie rejected a return to the Seagulls in the summer in favour of Luton but the Hatters have been in financial turmoil this season.
Albion boss Dean Wilkins is a great admirer of the 33-year-old, who was sold to Ipswich for £250,000 in December 2004 after joining the Seagulls on a free transfer from Wycombe Wanderers only four months earlier.
Skipper Dean Hammond's probable departure to Colchester and long-term injuries to Paul Reid and Tommy Fraser have hastened Albion's desire to add a third midfielder to the squad before the transfer window shuts at midnight.
They have already signed Steven Thomson from Falkirk and Shane McFaul from University College Dublin this month.
Their main target is still Chesterfield captain Peter Leven but they are reluctant to meet the asking price for the Scot, who was out for almost two years with a serious knee injury earlier in his career.
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