Miguel Layun has more reason than most to look forward to the end of the season. The Mexican is desperate to return home with a Championship winners’ medal for his unborn son and wife.

The 26-year-old has been on his own in England since his wife returned home earlier in the season following his January switch from Club America. And she is not alone.

On June 8 she is due to give birth to the couple’s first child and Layun is determined to return to Central America clutching his winners’ medal for his new-born son.

“I hope I can go back home as a champion and make my kid and wife proud of me,” he stated.

The Hornets top the Championship by a point over Bournemouth and third-place Middlesbrough ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Brighton & Hove Albion, with Norwich City three behind.

A win for Slavisa Jokanovic’s side at the AmEx Stadium, along with defeat for Boro and a maximum of a draw for Norwich City, would see promotion secured before the season’s finale at home to Sheffield Wednesday.

But the versatile Mexican insists the Hornets are not feeling under pressure to deliver as a rollercoaster season reaches its climax.

He said: “We are enjoying this. I think it is very important because we are doing the thing we love; we are playing football.

“I think in life there are a lot of things to feel pressure about. This is just a big chance we have and we have to take it for us, the supporters and everyone associated with this team.

“I do not believe this is pressure. There are some moments in my life which I believe are more pressured moments than this one,” reasoned the player who has played for his country, competed in the South American version of the Champions League and was at one point hounded by his team’s own fans.

He continued: “You have to show why you are top. Maybe I see it a different way but I feel we have a big responsibility with us – just with us – because we are the ones who have been working so hard to get into this position.”

If the Hornets do their bit and beat the Seagulls they will face a wait to see how Middlesbrough fare at Fulham and Norwich do at Rotherham United as their game kicks off at 12.15pm for Sky Sports coverage.

Potentially discovering if the culmination of a season’s work has been successful away from the pitch might not have the same appeal for some – compared to doing it in front of your own fans – but the Cordoba-born full-back-cum-midfielder does not care how the Golden Boys get the job done, so long as they do.

“I would be happy [to win promotion off the field] but I would still want to win the title so we would probably still need to win the next match. I want everything now, I want to go up and win the title,” he said.

“We can’t just go and think ‘if we win we can put pressure on them (Norwich and Middlesbrough) and maybe they will lose’. We have our chance so we have to win and be focused on the next few weeks.

“You cannot think about the other teams, you have to think about yourself and your teammates,” he added.

Layun has twice won titles in Mexico, where the season is split into two competitions. In 2013 he lifted the Clausura and a year later topped the Apertura. But he has stressed every league title means the same to him.

“Winning a title, for me, is so important,” confirmed Layun. “The only thing that is bigger is the World Cup. Winning the World Cup is the top but after that, winning a title is amazing. It does not matter where you do it.”

And whilst the days until tomorrow’s potential promotion decider drag by, Layun is refusing to let his mind drift to thoughts of rubbing shoulders with the likes of Eden Hazard, Wayne Rooney and Sergio Aguero next season.

He stated: “Now is not the moment to think about the Premier League. It is the time to think about what I can give or put on the pitch for my teammates. I just want to win these two matches and go up.”