'We want him to make an impact as quickly as possible' - Ryan Mason on West Brom absentees

Striker Heggebo, 23, sealed his £4.7million move to The Hawthorns this week and joined his team-mates at their training base in Austria.

He has trained in full since Tuesday but was not risked in Friday's tussle against Ukraine champions Kyiv, where Mason's troops claimed a creditable draw. For Heggebo's old club FK Brann in Norway it is the middle of the season.

Heggebo was one of a handful of Baggies players who did not feature in the friendly. He was joined on the sidelines by Josh Maja, Josh Griffiths, Jed Wallace, Kyle Bartley and the suspended Jayson Molumby as Albion drew 1-1.

"He's had a really good training week, he's had three days on the bounce," Mason said.

"It's a new stimulus, we've worked him hard in our training. It's a long season and we want him to make an impact as quickly as possible.

"But also understand that there's a very long way to go until the start of the season and then throughout the season. We're working him hard and that time will come."

Striker Maja's reintegration into Albion's full team training is ongoing and veteran defender Bartley is also managing an issue.

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Goalkeeper Griffiths was left out after turning his ankle in training and the club's other senior shot-stopper Joe Wildsmith played 90 minutes. Skipper Wallace was not involved after a full training week.

Academy duo Harry Whitwell, the midfielder, and defender Jamal Mohammed were the two outfield youngsters not involved.

"Barts is just an ongoing thing from the summer, we're just trying to manage him and get him into a place where he's good," added the head coach.

"Josh (Maja) has been out a hell of a long time, we know that injury and what it was, how long it's kept him out.

"The same goes for him, he's improving daily and integrating in the group, understanding it's a very long season.

"We will continue to work them hard to lay the foundations for as long as possible."

Mason said: "Jed's trained the majority of the week, the pitch has been heavy with a lot of rain. It affects different people in different ways and Jed is just a bit tired, but it's nothing serious.

"The same with Josh, the pitch has been cutting up, we trained one day with a thunderstorm and he just tweaked his ankle a little. He's OK.

"Harry's trained well all week, it's just a numbers game. Twenty (outfield) players got the opportunity today but Harry is with us and has trained well and hopefully can kick on."