By Ed Elliot, Press Association Sport
Published: 23:35 GMT, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 23:35 GMT, 19 February 2019
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Former Football Association technical director Dan Ashworth insists there will be no conflict of interest should he try to recruit English talent for new club Brighton.
Ashworth has extensive knowledge of homegrown players at all age levels having spent more than six years with the FA.
The 47-year-old will be an integral part of future recruitment at the Amex Stadium after last week taking up his role as the Seagulls' first technical director.
Dan Ashworth insists there will be no conflict of interest in his new director role at Brighton
Dan Ashworth says it is similar to former England manager Roy Hodgson at Crystal Palace
'England were my employer and I did my best for England during those six years and never had a conflict of interest,' said Ashworth.
'It's like (former England boss) Roy Hodgson leaving and becoming Crystal Palace manager - is he not supposed to sign any other English players? I don't think there's a conflict of interest at all.
'If we do try and sign players, we go through the correct channels that we would do if I hadn't have worked for England.
'My job has changed focus now. It's not just to do what's best for English players, it's now what's best for Brighton.
'If they're English, then fantastic and nothing would give me more pleasure, but my job has changed to worldwide recruitment rather than English recruitment.'
Ashworth decided to quit his FA role after
