Tony Mowbray today ruled out sweeping changes to his promotion-winning Albion squad as he begins planning for the return to the Premier League.
The Baggies boss has started scouting potential summer transfer targets - including a trip to a match abroad on Thursday.
But he insists the close season will be about “freshening up” his squad and not revamping it.
“I don’t think I can sit here and put a number on it,” said Mowbray, who will speak to his current players about their futures early next week.
“We have got a few things to resolve with our current squad and I would suggest you need to freshen football teams up as we did last year.
“You need to rely on the core of your team but you need to freshen it up and that’s what we will try to do.”There is a misconception from my point of view that you have to go and change your team and that’s not the case.
“But at the same time I’m not naive enough to think that the same team can go on and do exceptionally well in the Premier League.
“I think the team needs adding too, needs help and needs an extra bit of strength and depth.
“I’m not envisaging taking an axe to the squad but I’m not naive enough to think that it doesn’t need help.”
Mowbray’s top priority will be resolving the futures of out-of-contract duo Kevin Phillips and Zoltan Gera, both of whom he is keen to keep.
He must also decide whether to improve the terms offer to defender Martin Albrechtsen, whose contract is also coming to a close.
The loans of Roman Bednar from Hearts and Luke Moore from Villa will become permanent for £2.5m and £3.5m respectively while Michal Danek and Kim Do-Heon look set to have their loans extended for the first half of next season.
But Bostjan Cesar is likely to return to Marseille, while Shelton Martis, Tininho and Bartosz Slusarski could be made available to make room for new faces.
Albion will receive £8m from neighbours Villa for Curtis Davies in addition to more the £40 from Premier League broadcast rights, but Mowbray is not planning eight-figure swoops for players.
He said: “It’s a pretty open environment at the training ground.
“The chairman is a very accessible man who is always there to talk to and we have had chats and are in full agreement.
“There is a danger of headline figures being put around.
“People think you will have £50m to spend because that’s what you earn but that’s not always the case.
“I would like to think we are realistic about the investment that is required and the chairman is very accomodating but I understand we won’t be going out and spending £10m or £20m on a footballer.
“We will try to recruit the right players to help the team we’ve got and if the right ones come along at the right price I’m sure we will do that.”
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34 Comments
mowbray is worse than mick u shud of wom the league by 10 points
10 nill every week then.
see even mowbray knows your boring despite getting promotion.
Mick Mcarthy was asked how far away Wolves are from a promotion winning side. He said about 8 miles!!
#4 haha that’s about 200 times we’ve heard that..and guess what..it still ain’t funny!!.
can’t any of you tescos come up with anything original instead of repeating the same old rubbish. jeez talk about limited intellegence..you lot really are div’s arn’t you.
4) thats old hat you plumhead
ALBION story 1st 5 posts from dingles says it all living in our shadow while we bask in our glory.TOP TEN NEXT AND THE CUP.
I suppose if you dingle scum scrape in to the premiership you won’t need to make any new signings because your so good ain’t you and you’ll all be shouting super Mick McCarthy again.You are all two faced vermin scumbags.
“Talk about limited intellegence” - muppet, you’re on the West Brom site making chidish comments and then wonder why people make fun of you!!! How about you Dingles come up with a new arguement with some substantial credibility instead of sour grapes?
Fact - West Brom are promoted
Fact - Dingles are hoping for other teams to screw up so they can just get into the play offs
Fact - # 5 you’re a muppet with half a brain
Go to your own site - because you’re taking up valuable space for intelligent comments on here.
West Bromwich Albion FC - PRIDE OF THE BLACK COUNTRY
Wolves bringing out new dvd
due to lack of goals, its now
20 best throw ins
bitter dingles, lol
No.2
I don’t know whether we’ll be able to score 10 every week but we’ll give it a go. I know we’re good but not quite that good.
does anyone know if qpr game will be shown on big screen at hawthorns
HAHAHAHA..HERE WE GO..ALL THE TESCOS SPITTING THEIR DUMMIES OUT..BOO HOO HOO.
8#DINGLE8R.. MAYBE SO SON..BUT THAT STILL KEEPS US WELL AHEAD OF YOU LOT IN SOCIAL STANDINGS.
Guys fact the Wolves have never finished in the top two since they came up into the Championship/Div1 despite spending millions. We have left them behind so don’t even give them the courtesy of a response.
Daft Dingles look forard to the Championship again, and again, and again,
Getting relegated from the Premiership
OH YES THE MOWBRAY WAY
Dingl8r…..are you a 16 year old chav? There seems a lot of anger….haha, terrified
14… Only in your dreams.
17… Not anger just hatred for you load of scum.
Goo on tone - sort um out.
2. LCW - arm optimistic but i dow think we’ll win 10-0 every wick. Tar for the vote of confidence tho’
18. Hatred’s a terrible emotion you know. Jus loff at em, thats all ar do
WELL WELL, IF IT AIN’T SANDWELLS ANSWER TO DUMB AND DUMBER. DINGLE8R AND WEDNESBREEBOGGIE.
LMAO..WHAT GREAT ADVERTS YOU 2 ARE FOR THE BOGGIES..NOW EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHY YOU LOT ARE A JOKE..OR A LOFFIN STOCK AS WEDNESBREE WOULD SAY.
HEY WEDNESBREE..YO BAY ARF A THICKIT YO AM AY YA..LMFAO.PMSL..
You boggies will be down end of next season and most of you will crawl back into the woodwork.
how sad are the dingles ? so bitter & twisted. just take it, we are better than you ! i will be glad we’ve got our proper derby back next yearagainst the villa
Wolves young squad with a new stadium p-lan (even though molineux is still probabaly in the top 10 stadiums in the country) still a chance of wembley and promotion this season, albion have to look forward to losing all their best players and getting hammered in the prem in their tin shed of a stadium the long term future is gold super stevie morgan!
I hear Mad Mick feels the same,no need for a clearout at wulfs.’After all’,he said ‘we’ve struggled and under achieved for so many years,why rock the boat?The fans wouldn’t know quality if it bit ‘em on the nose,so let’s just keep ‘em in the dark’.
Could you dingles be anymore jealous?????
21. I ay the sharpest tool in the box, but ar no weir the caps lock, bin wearing them green goggles agin av we ?
Great to see the dingles reverting to type: thick inbreds with nothing to say. Enjoy the Championship next year. Who’s got the “You’ve Let Us Down Again” banner for later?
Looking forward to seeing the yoyo,s flop again next season,making your owner a few bob but he won,t spend it on players,tin pot town club.
brisbane baggie said to south bank barmy army its beter than the dads army you lot have got
brisbane baggie said to southbank barmy army your name fits your club dads army
no wonder they call you the wanders you must be wondering when you will ever come up ha ha ha
BRISBANE BAGGIE SAID NO WONDER THEY CALL YOU THE WANDERERS YOU KEEP WONDERING WHNN YOU WILL EVER GET A GOOD TEAM.
Whatever the Wolves say the table does not lie. WBA have been best in all depts this year.