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Neil JohnstonBBC Sport<\/p>\n
The rapid rise of Hurzelerpublished at 11:31 BST<\/p>\n
11:31 BST<\/p>\n
Brighton v Crystal Palace (Sun, 14:00 BST)<\/p>\n
Neil Johnston
BBC Sport<\/p>\n
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When Brighton lost at home to Crystal Palace in February, Fabian Hurzeler was booed by his own supporters and subjected to chants of “you’re getting sacked in the morning”.<\/p>\n
“There are only two options,” said the German after the 1-0 defeat<\/a> by their fierce rivals left his team floundering 14th in the table with one win in 12 Premier League matches.<\/p>\n “Give up or keep pushing harder, and that’s always the option I choose in my life.”<\/p>\n Eight months on, Brighton are reaping the benefits of keeping faith with the man who became the youngest permanent manager in Premier League history when he was appointed in June 2024 at the age of 31.<\/p>\n Palace return to Amex Stadium on Sunday (14:00 BST kick-off) to face opponents who are third in the table after statement wins over defending champions Arsenal<\/a> and Europa League winners Aston Villa.<\/a><\/p>\n Hurzeler’s stock has rocketed after 11 wins in 18 top-flight games, a run that has propelled the Seagulls back into Europe and left fans – who shouted “you don’t know what you’re doing” at him just a few months ago – worried that he could be lured away.<\/p>\n Following last Saturday’s win at Sunderland,<\/a> there was chat on the post-match phone-ins that Hurzeler, rewarded with a new long-term contract<\/a> before the end of last season and given \u00a3150m to spend on signings in the summer, could be a prime target for a big club looking for a manager.<\/p>\n “You learn more about yourself and the people around you when you are losing games,” former Brighton striker Glenn Murray told BBC Sport in reference to last season’s poor run.<\/p>\n “Hurzeler has come out the other side and the way he has got this group of players performing is exceptional.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rapid rise of Hurzelerpublished at 11:31 BST 11:31 BST Brighton v Crystal Palace (Sun, 14:00 BST) Neil…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930156,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-930155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}