The West Bromwich Albion Sentinel
Market8 Sep 2031
West Bromwich Albion say no — this time
The offer from Luton Town for Steven Benda was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Boardroom8 Sep 2031
West Bromwich Albion write off $431.2K on Cameron Thomas
He arrived for a fee and leaves for a fraction of it. $431.2K of what West Bromwich Albion paid for Cameron Thomas is money the club will not see again, and the boardroom will be asked about it for two seasons.
Transfer targets8 Sep 2031
Door shut on Morgan Whittaker
West Bromwich Albion asked and Middlesbrough said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market8 Sep 2031
Ørn Flø asks to leave West Bromwich Albion
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market8 Sep 2031
Alan Martínez’s move to Bolton Wanderers falls through
The deal that would have taken Alan Martínez to Bolton Wanderers has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to West Bromwich Albion with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Squad8 Sep 2031
Words exchanged at West Bromwich Albion
Jakoslav Stanković and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Transfer targets8 Sep 2031
The window shuts on the Duván Riascos deal
West Bromwich Albion ran out of time with Leyton Orient. The paperwork was open when the deadline passed, and a transfer that was almost done is now a transfer that never happened.
Boardroom8 Sep 2031
West Bromwich Albion agree a free transfer for Joe Hilton
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Squad8 Sep 2031
West Bromwich Albion count the cost of losing Mark Young
27 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at West Bromwich Albion
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Tobías Macies
- Squad 5 new faces, and West Bromwich Albion are still learning each other