Hibernian today challenged Albion to prove they really want Tony Mowbray as their new manager. Click here to watch our exclusive video Albion have approached Hibs for permission to speak to Mowbray with a view to appointing him before Saturday’s trip to Ipswich.

Albion chairman Jeremy Peace may have to scrap plans to appoint a Sporting and Technical director if he wants to lure Dave Jones to The Hawthorns as manager. Peace has unveiled his continental-style vision for the future which will see the new director work alongside the manager to bring the club into the internet age.

Tony Mowbray and Dave Jones were today at the top of chairman Jeremy Peace’s Hawthorns hitlist as Albion began crunch week in their search for a new manager.

Senior pro Steve Watson today offers the biggest dressing-room vote of support for caretaker boss Nigel Pearson as the Albion manager hunt took yet another twist. Watson, the former Newcastle, Villa and Everton man who is one of The Hawthorns’ most experienced voices, believes Bryan Robson’s former No 2 can have done no more to [...]

Chairman Jeremy Peace today presented a Continental-style vision of Albion’s future which will break new ground for The Hawthorns club. The Baggies chairman, hoping to install a new manager before next week’s return to Championship action at Ipswich, is bringing in a sporting and technical director to lead the 127-year-old club into the internet age.

Bryan Robson today revealed the breakdown of his relationship with Albion chairman Jeremy Peace forced him out of The Hawthorns. The former Baggies boss insisted he did little wrong during his time at the club and said it was the cooling of relations with Peace that led to his departure.

Albion will step up their search for a new manager by staging preliminary talks with ex-Rangers boss Alex Mcleish. The former Scotland international, having taken a summer sabbatical from football following his exit from Ibrox at the end of last season, is hoping to get on chairman Jeremy Peace’s shortlist for The Hawthorns vacancy.

Albion today insisted their “timescale” to appoint Bryan Robson’s successor was still on course as they began to assemble a short-list of targets. Chairman Jeremy Peace is due to update the Hawthorns directors on his progress so far in identifying Robson’s successor in the wake of another block from a potential candidate.

Chairman Jeremy Peace was today dealt a double blow in his plans to make a two-tier appointment at The Hawthorns following Bryan Robson’s exit. Peace’s masterplan for the club’s future is to bring in a technical director to work with a thrusting young coach who would run the first-team squad.

Striker Nathan Ellington has backed Nigel Pearson to become Albion’s new manager – as Burnley issued a “hands off” warning on Steve Cotterill. Pearson has taken temporary charge in the wake of Bryan Robson’s departure from The Hawthorns and is retaining a dignified silence about whether he wants the job because of his close ties [...]