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Darren Moore happy with West Brom squad after transfer window

Darren Moore is happy with how his squad looks after one of the toughest transfer windows he's known.

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Although the Baggies boss was eager to get one or two more faces in before last Friday's deadline, he believes his current squad will improve with further work on the training ground.

Albion signed eight players in the summer, and lost seven, while making a profit of £7million and slashing the wage bill from roughly £85m to £38m to deal with the financial implication of relegation.

But Moore has won five of the last six games, and is ready to work with what he's got until January.

"This transfer window has been one of the toughest transfer windows I've known," he said. "We tried [to sign more players] but it's important not just to get any player in for the sake of it.

"The transfer window closed with us not bringing in any more players, but we're quite happy with the squad the way it is.

"If we can keep them all fit and keep improving them and keep building on performances then we'll be happy.

"The international break gives us a chance to look back and reflect and get on the training pitch, get back in the classroom and use it as an education for us to get better."

Albion tried to sign Blackburn play-maker Bradley Dack in the final week of the window after Nacer Chadli joined Monaco for £10m but Rovers refused to sell.

However, the Baggies looked impressive at home to Stoke at the weekend, when they ran out 2-1 winners playing out from the back with a bold approach.

"There's lots of players we were keen on and the media's documented some of them," said Moore. "It's not for me to speak about players from other clubs.

"What I will just say is we at West Brom are trying to move somewhere with the football club and it will take time.

"It will take vision and it will take a team of people to implement it and move the club forward in the right way.

"That's what we'll make sure we'll do. Slowly and carefully put that plan in action and hopefully fulfil it."