Lallana welcomes Milner to Brighton

Premier League veteran James Milner can have a massive impact on the Brighton squad.

That is the view of his teammate Adam Lallana, who also played with Milner at Liverpool.

The 37-year-old signed a one-year deal with Brighton after leaving Liverpool as a free agent this summer.

I look at our dressing room now and characters are building everywhere," Lallana said to club media.

James has been in the Premier League for a long time, he defines the word professionalism and if we can use the strengths of players like him and others of that ilk and help the group overall it's only going to help. And he's older than me so he can have the headlines about being the oldest player in the group!

I think it has gone under the radar how many senior players we've got. [Lewis] Dunk, [Pascal] Gross, [Danny] Welbeck, [Jason] Steele are all in their thirties and it helps the dressing room. We help provide the environment for the hidden gems to express themselves, that's the model and James will help us with that.

If you've got a team with 8-9 good senior lads like we have that's pivotal to success. I look at the Southampton team when they won back to back promotions and to the Liverpool team I played in, there was always a core of leaders."