Knockaert’s motivation

Anthony Knockaert says he could stay at Brighton for the rest of his life after the support the club gave him following the death of his father last month.

Brighton’s players put on a public show of support for Knockaert during their 2-0 win at Bristol City and the squad also travelled to France to attend the funeral.

The Seagulls kick off ’10 in 10′ – 10 live Sky Bet EFL games in 10 days on Sky Sports – at the Amex against Leeds on Friday night and Knockaert told Sky Sports he hopes to thank the club by helping get them into the Premier League, as well as wanting to make his late father proud.

“Because of what the club did for me, I could stay here all my life,” he said. “My dad was special for me, we had the closest relationship, I was always talking to him and he was always behind me.

“The support when he passed away was something I’ll never forget, and as I say this football club is just amazing. I still don’t know how to say thank you to them. All I can do is make them happy, do the job on the pitch and try to get promoted.

“It’s always a tough moment for a football player to have this happen during their career and obviously I didn’t expect it because my dad was still okay two months ago, and no one saw what was going on and what would happen. 

“But all the support of the club and my team-mates was something special. I told them when I came back I didn’t know how to say thank you to them because it was just incredible what they did. They came all the way from England to the funeral and I’ll never …

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