Brighton manager Graham Potter has admitted he is disappointed by the departure of Dan Ashworth.
On Monday, the Seagulls announced Ashworth had resigned from his position of technical director to take up a similar role at another Premier League club, believed to be Newcastle United.
"Of course I am disappointed, Dan was a colleague, a friend - someone I respect a lot. He's been an important person at the club, but these things happen, it's life,' said Potter, appointed in May 2019 shortly after Ashworth's arrival.
"We are a really well-run football club which doesn't rely on one person, as important as they are, whether that's Dan Ashworth, whether that is Graham Potter or (chief executive) Paul Barber.
"There is a good organisation here, a fantastic chairman, good people that have been here before me and Dan were here and they will be here after.
"So it is what it is, we will move forward as a club together and we will take on the challenge of life without Dan as best as we can.
"From my perspective, I respect Dan and what he has done for us, I respect the decision that he has made and wish him well.
"But I know as a football club this this club doesn't rely on one person, it is a real collective strength that we have and that is what I think will take us through.'
Potter added: "I feel very secure here and in the club, so I think it's dangerous as an individual to think that as soon as you leave, everything falls away. That is not the case here, certainly not.
"Our strength is how together we are, how there is a relatively low ego and we are all here trying to do our best and work as well as we can."
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