Shilen Patel delivers message as West Brom new manager hunt continues
Chairman Shilen Patel has shared his gratitiude for multiple figures within West Bromwich Albion who have gone above and beyond over the festivities to ensure the Baggies have remained competitive in the wake of losing Carlos Corberan to Valencia. Corberan left the club on Christmas Eve, just two days before Albion were preparing to take on Derby County.
In that short period, Albion's hierarchy sprung into action - an interim coaching group was formed to steer the squad at the most congested period of the season while those in the boardroom began to draw up plans to whittle down their own shortlist of desired candidates and look to identify potential successors to Corberan.
The recruitment process, which comes at a time when Albion would otherwise be focusing solely on the January transfer window - Albion have been active in bidding farewell to Paddy McNair and Lewis Dobbin and recalling Caleb Taylor - is well underway and is being led by sporting director Andrew Nestor, with input from head of football operations Ian Pearce.
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For the work at the coalface of Chris Brunt, Damia Abella and Boaz Myhill, combined with the efforts being made away from the pitch of Nestor, Pearce and managing director Mark Miles, Patel has said thank you. With Albion now out of the festive period and a quieter spell in which there is a single FA Cup tie in the next fortnight, the process is expected to intensify.
"I can’t say enough about how the entire club has shown up during an intense & trying festive period," Patel posted. "The professionalism, resilience, and endurance shown by our players, coaches, employees at all levels speaks to the love and respect that they have for @WBA and our fans.
"I want to thank Brunty, @D_AbellaOficial, Boaz, Ian Pearce, @AndrewMNestor, and Mark Miles among many others for dropping everything without hesitation on Christmas Eve to keep us on a competitive path amid sudden adversity. Grateful to their families this time of year as well."
