7:50am Thursday 9th July 2009
By Andy Naylor
Mark Wright has no regrets about his move to Albion from MK Dons, despite missing out on a reunion with Paul Ince.
Wright was a regular in the Dons’ side promoted from League Two two seasons ago after Ince signed him from Walsall.
The flying winger, pictured right, joined the Seagulls on a Bosman free transfer shortly before Roberto Di Matteo switched to West Brom, having guided MK to the League One play-offs last season.
That has paved the way for Ince to take charge again at his old club after an unsuccessful spell in the Premier League with Blackburn.
Wright said: “I am sure he will do well back at MK, but I’ve got no regrets at all about making the move I have. It was time to move on. I’m a Brighton player now and I just hope we can push up the League.
“A lot of people think MK have got bags of money, but I don’t think they have got so much this season. It should be interesting and I hope we finish above them.
“It’s going to be a very hard league. There are some great teams, some big teams.”
Ince was an early frontrunner for the Albion managerial vacancy a few months ago. He made contact with the club through a third party, only to change his mind and pull out of a meeting with ex-chairman Dick Knight prior to Russell Slade’s appointment.
Wright is not surprised by Ince’s return to MK. “As soon as I heard Di Matteo had gone I thought there was a chance of him going back,” he said.“He was loved at the club and the chairman loved him.
“He was the one who signed me and he is a really good manager, really good to work for. He didn’t do well at Blackburn, but I don’t think he was given a chance there.”
Wright and Ince will come face-to-face in Albion’s tenth league game of the campaign at Withdean in early October.
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