Boss Chris Hughton says Markus Suttner's high-level experience will serve Albion well in the Premier League.

The Seagulls have completed the capture of the 30-year-old Austrian international left-back.

Suttner trains with his new team-mates for the first time this morning in his home country at the club's base in Leogang.

Hughton said: "Markus is someone we have been aware of for some time. I am pleased we have managed to complete the transfer at this stage and he is now able to join us for the second half of the week.

"He has a great level of experience internationally and in the top divisions in both his native Austria and Germany, where he has played the last two seasons with Ingolstadt, and that experience will serve us well.

"He will add competition at the back on the left side of defence and I'm now looking forward to working with him."