Kazenga LuaLua has revealed his relief at becoming an Albion player again and vowed there is plenty more to come from him.

The fleet-footed Newcastle winger announced his return to the club for a third loan spell with an eye-catching performance in last night’s 2-2 draw against a Spurs XI in Portugal.

LuaLua has rejoined the Seagulls until January 15, with a view to signing permanently, following a protracted transfer saga with the Toon.

He told The Argus: “I had such a good time here before, so it was always my first option to come back. I’m really pleased everything is sorted out now so that I am a Brighton player again.

“It was frustrating. The clubs were talking but it was taking ages. All I could do was concentrate on training at Newcastle.

“I knew Alan Pardew was going to make some signings in the summer and that it was going to be tough for me.

“I am at an age now where I need to be playing games, not just for the reserves or not being involved in the first team. It was my decision to come to Brighton.

“Me and my agent sat down and talked about it. That was my choice and I think I’ve made a good choice.”

LuaLua, making his first appearance for Albion since breaking an ankle at Hartlepool in November, gave Tottenham right-back Nathan Byrne the runaround at the municipal stadium in Albufeira before receiving a warm ovation from around 200 Albion fans when he was substituted with 16 minutes remaining.

“This was my first game of pre-season and I felt good,” he added. “I was supposed to be playing for Newcastle last Friday but I had to travel down to Brighton (to sign).

“There is a lot more to come from me. I’m young and I am learning every day.”

Albion boss Gus Poyet felt the Portuguese referee was too lenient towards Byrne as the Seagulls were pegged back by Tottenham’s young professionals after taking a 2-0 lead.

Poyet said: “I suppose in a normal game the right-back of Spurs would have got five yellow cards or seven.

“He was lucky it was a friendly, because it was unbelievable. I was getting upset, because you don’t want your players to get kicked every time they get the ball.

“If he was one of my players making that quantity of fouls then maybe I would have changed him and put someobody else in there.

“Overall I’m very, very pleased with the first half. The second half was open and it could have gone one way or the other.”