Michael Taylor

Goalkeeper - West Bromwich Albion U18
1 Sep 2028
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The West Bromwich Albion Sentinel

14 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Transfer targets

West Bromwich Albion make their move for Ryan Gravenberch

$50.7M on the table at Liverpool. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Market

Torin Ntege puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at West Bromwich Albion, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

West Bromwich Albion make their move for Kepa Arrizabalaga

$1.3M on the table at Arsenal. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets

Max Alleyne due for a West Bromwich Albion medical

Everything agreed with Manchester City, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Market

Crawley Town join the queue for Karlan Grant

Add another name to the list: Crawley Town have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Karlan Grant. The answer from West Bromwich Albion has not changed — yet.

Squad

A row about effort at West Bromwich Albion

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Chris Mepham was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Transfer targets

Manchester City tell West Bromwich Albion: Dominic Solanke is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market

West Bromwich Albion promote Anthony Hawkins from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Anthony Hawkins has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

Market

Michael Taylor steps up from the West Bromwich Albion academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Michael Taylor has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief