For the first time in his four years as Brighton manager, Chris Hughton has an agonising choice to make at centre-forward. Glenn Murray, the ageing saviour, fights for the right to face Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk this weekend with Florin Andone, who arrived from Romania via Spain on a path out of personal tragedy.

Adaptation was forced on Andone in boyhood when his father was killed in a road accident in his native Romania and his family relocated to Spain to start afresh. Now a regular scorer for Brighton after injury clouded his move from Deportivo La Coruna last summer, Andone, 25, is trying to make up for lost time. In his third country in 13 years, he is sustained by a role as provider for his family as he tries to succeed Murray as first-choice striker.

“I lost my father when I was 10 and I moved to Spain when I was 12,” Andone explained at Brighton’s training ground as preparations for Liverpool’s visit to the Amex Stadium intensified. “My mum met another person and this person helped us when we were in a bad moment in our life, our family. From 12-25 I was in Spain. It was the best option we had. Now I’m very happy because I can help my family, my brother. In my family I’m an important person - and for me this is the most important thing. More important than football, than everything. My girlfriend, my family, my dog.