Albion manager Mark McGhee today challenged new French signing Alexandre Frutos to show he is worth a place at Leeds on Saturday.

Frutos will make his debut in English football on the left wing at Elland Road, providing he proves to McGhee he deserves to oust Albert Jarrett.

Frutos trained with the Seagulls for the first time yesterday following his deadline day move on a free transfer from Metz.

McGhee must decide whether to throw the 23-year-old straight in or keep faith with Jarrett.

African-born Jarrett has started the last two matches and set up Richard Carpenter's clinching second goal in the victory over Plymouth at Withdean eight days ago.

"Alexandre has got to show us this week that he can do better than Albert," McGhee said.

"We are here to play the best team we can put out there, so if he looks to me this week as if he will do a better job than Albert has then he will be in but he is not just going in for the sake of it."

Frutos believes he is fit enough to do himself justice against Leeds, even though he has been out-of-favour at Metz.

"It would be a great match to play in as my first," he said. "I have not played a lot of matches with Metz but I'm ready physically."

The Leeds visit launches a tough month for Albion in the Championship following the international break. They also face home games against Sheffield United and Coventry plus trips to Burnley and Leicester ahead of more weekend rests for internationals in October and November.

McGhee said: "I'm really excited about the games we have coming up and this whole business of having games and another break is a good thing. It gives you a chance to re-focus."