Ex-West Brom chief quits Stoke City, Mark Robins to help find replacement
West Brom’s Championship rivals Stoke City are being forced to change things up again thanks to new developments behind the scenes.
The Potters sit 19th in the second tier and have already seen Steven Schumacher and Narcis Pelach depart from the dugout this season.
The Staffordshire club appointed Mark Robins as their new manager on 1 January on a three-and-a-half-year contract but the turmoil at the club looks set to continue.
His side have won just seven of their 31 matches in the league so far this campaign and the latest turn of events will do little to turn around their poor form.
Lee Darnbrough leaves Stoke City
Former Baggies chief analyst Lee Darnbrough has quit Stoke after just seven months at the Bet 365 Stadium, according to the Training Ground Guru.
The report (13 February) claims that Mark Robins, who was linked with the vacancy at The Hawthorns before Tony Mowbray was appointed, will help to find his replacement.
Darnbrough was at Albion from 2005 to 2012 and worked under Tony Mowbray during his first stint in charge and has also served under the likes of Roberto Di Matteo and Roy Hodgson.
Former West Brom chief Darnbrough exit will hinder Stoke
The former Baggie supremo’s departure from Stoke will be a major disappointment for the struggling club.
Darnbrough’s stint at Stoke did not go as planned with two managers departing the club this season and the club dangling close to the relegation zone after a miserable campaign.
Given that the Potters managed to secure Robins, one of the most highly regarded managers in the second tier, there will have been hope that their poor run could have been turned around.
He has experience working under Profit and Sustainability issues, like those that West Brom are facing because the Potters have also been hamstrung by financial concerns in the transfer market which certainly will not have helped his situation.
The fact that he is leaving the club after just two transfer windows is a damning indictment of the position that they find themselves in and finding a replacement could hamper their summer business with new plans having to be drawn up.