Former Albion manager Micky Adams has revealed that Bobby Zamora is his top transfer target.

Adams could swoop for the Seagulls' goalscoring star next summer if Leicester are promoted to the Premiership and the Gary Lineker-led consortium taking over the Foxes make money available to him.

Zamora has bagged 68 goals in 105 League games for Albion since Adams signed him from Bristol Rovers, initially on loan and then for a fee of £100,000 in August 2000.

Adams, who brings Leicester to Withdean tomorrow night, said: "He has always been on the top of my list, but he has always been somebody I can't get because I've never had any money.

"Whether there would be any money available if we went up is ifs and buts, but I have been telling everybody since I left the club that he's got Premiership quality.

"I still maintain that. He will score goals at whatever level, but the unfortunate thing about Bobby is he is like me.

"People are more prepared to gamble now on foreigners rather than what they see with their own eyes in England.

"If you haven't got a big name people say it's llright doing it in the Third but can he do it in the Second? I did that to a degree and he did that.

"Now people say it in the First. Well I am doing it again and he is still scoring goals. They can say what they want about me and him, we just keep proving people wrong."

Albion boss Steve Coppell and chairman Dick Knight have made it clear they will do everything in their power to keep hold of Zamora for the rest of the relegation campaign.

Adams, linked with a move for Albion captain Danny Cullip earlier this season, believes Zamora could be lured away once he has spent a year in Division One.

"I would take him tomorrow," he said. "The problem is can you get him out of Brighton? The answer to that is probably not at the moment, but eventually.

"The danger is that these players look around at the Derbies and Leicesters and when they go to those grounds they want that stage. You can't keep people on a stage that isn't big enough. The club is big enough. Albion is a big club and the support is terrific, but Withdean as a stage isn't for some of those players."

Adams is hoping for a friendly reception from fans after guiding Albion from the lower reaches of the Third Division to third place in Division Two during his two-and-a-half year reign.

He said. "I never got the chance to say goodbye to a lot of people and the fans and it's an opportunity for me to do that and thank them for what they did for me."

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