Gus Poyet believes Albion are his best route to his goal of managing in the Premier League.

But if the right offer comes along before then he would give it serious consideration.

Poyet gets a chance to showcase his top flight credentials when the Seagulls go to Anfield tomorrow to face Liverpool in the fifth round of the FA Cup.

The former Chelsea and Spurs midfielder said: “My aim is to get to the Premier League as a manager. The way we are set up at Brighton now the easiest way is with Brighton, to get there ready to stay there, not just to go up and down.

“Then, if we cannot make it or opportuities come before that, I would think about it. I’m not the type of manager that is going to tell you what everyone wants to hear, that I am going to stay here for life.

“It’s a great place to be now. In three or four years time if I haven’t made the Premier League and I have got a chance to go to a Premier League club that I think is a better opportunity for me the chairman knows that, there are no secrets.

“At the moment I prefer not to think about it, because if I start thinking this manager or that manager is coming or going it becomes crazy and you don’t concentrate on the job.”

Wolves sacked Mick McCarthy this week, Tottenham’s Harry Redknapp is the hot favourite to become England boss and other Premier League managerial changes are inevitable between now and the beginning of next season.

Poyet added: “If it’s coming we will deal with that. If it is the right place we’ve got a problem, because I’m going to think about it really deeply.

“If it’s a place I don’t think is for me it’s simple, a no. I am trying to be normal and not anticipate anything, because I agreed with the chairman to sign a long-term contract, so I am not going to change now.”