Shilen Patel frustration emerges amid West Brom transfer situation
Shilen Patel has been left frustrated with the EFL’s control over the business model at West Brom, City AM reports.
Matt Hughes’ article [28 August] explained that the enforcement of a business plan on Albion due to previous spending has forced Patel to limit the club’s transfer activity.
The Florida-based Baggies owner has since paid off an outstanding £3.7m loan to former chairman Jeremy Peace and invested a further seven-figure sum into improving Albion’s infrastructure.
West Brom held back by EFL business plan
With West Brom having reportedly been on track to breach PSR stipulations, the club’s transfer ambitions have been shackled.
Patel is nevertheless appearing to do his utmost to move on from the difficulties – but with very limited time remaining in the current window, there could be little the club can do to strengthen Carlos Corberan’s squad.
So far, only Callum Styles and Torbjorn Heggem have been signed for outright transfer fees, only comprising around £1m for the pair; the Baggies have claimed nearly £5m in player sales, whilst releasing several higher earners from last season’s play-off semi-finalist squad.
The rest of Corberan’s new charges have been brought in on either free transfers or loans – an enforced recruitment policy which has seen some outsiders’ expectations of the team lowered this time around.
However, Corberan appears to be getting the best out of what he has – even with injury struggles amongst the squad – with a bright start to the Championship campaign at The Hawthorns.
In other West Brom news, a signing is mooted with a family connection to the Championship.
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