Tariq Lamptey is so open minded and ready to help Brighton – Graham Potter

Brighton boss Graham Potter has lavished praise on English-born Ghana defender Tariq Lamptey following his impressive performance this season.

Lamptey has made 21 appearances for East Sussex, scoring two goals in the process.

The 21-year-old has been used on both sides in defensive and attacking positions since joining the Potters from Chelsea in January 2020.

“Ultimately Tariq needs to be doing that, threatening the opposition defenders as much as he can. Sometimes he can do that from right-back or right wing-back or a little bit higher,” Potter said.

“But the fact that he’s so open-minded and so ready to help the team makes it easy for me. It’s about finding the right solution for him.”

He added, “It’s about using his attributes as well as we can, based on the game we want to play.”

“Sometimes we have used him high up and sometimes he’s one of the highest up the pitch – I think of the Chelsea game where we’ve used him as a wing-back that’s very pushed on and attacking the backline.”