Graham Potter feels there is more to come from Brighton defender Lewis Dunk

Brighton manager Graham Potter has backed Lewis Dunk to flourish into a top Premier League defender and play his way back into England contention.Centre-back Dunk made his international debut last November but has been left out of Gareth Southgates recent squads.Uncapped duo Fikayo Tomori and Tyrone Mings were among the players selected ahead of the 27-year-old for the forthcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Czech Republic and Bulgaria.Potter believes Dunk is a late bloomer and has potential for further development to boost his chances of adding to his solitary national team cap.Theres always a chance if youre playing well and reaching a level. Ultimately its Gareths responsibility to select who he thinks is the right player at the right time, said Potter.From my perspective, Lewis has been great to work with. Hes shown a really good level, I think theres more to come from him as well hes not playing at his maximum.Sometimes players develop and hit their peak later than others, earlier than others, and I think hes one thats maybe a bit later.Were looking forward to working with him for the next few years because I think he can be a really, really top Premier League defender.Dunk, whose maiden England appearance came in a 3-0 friendly win over the United States 11 months ago, has perhaps paid the price for Brightons collective poor results.Albion have won just one of their previous 16 top-flight fixtures going into Saturdays home game with Tottenham, losing nine times and conceding 28 goals.Asked which areas of his game Dunk could improve, Potter replied: Its everything from his pass selection to his decisions around when to defend tight, when to drop off, all these things.But I think hes the type of guy that wants to learn, wants to get better, wants to improve so we have to help him with that.As soon as you think youre at your max then youre on your way down, the game catches up with you pretty quickly.How he is every day is like anybody, he makes his mistakes and can do things better but wants to respond the next day and wants to learn and improve so thats good for him.Dunk will have his credentials tested by in-form England captain Harry Kane when Tottenham arrive at the Amex Stadium for a lunchtime kick-off on Saturday.Potter expects the ever-present defender to have his hands full against the north London club.The challenge is not just Harry Kane Im sure (Spurs boss) Mauricio Pochettino would say the same, said Potter.Theres not a one-person team and a one-person attacking unit with Tottenham.You dont reach the Champions League final with just one guy, theyve got others: Son (Heung-min), (Erik) Lamela, (Christian) Eriksen, (Lucas) Moura to name a few.So its about, as a unit, defending well against an attacking unit thats really, really impressive.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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