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Report names three players West Brom are desperate not to lose

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Matt Phillips, Kyle Edwards and Nathan Ferguson will all be free to leave Championship club West Bromwich Albion next summer.

Slaven Bilic is presented as the new manager of West Bromwich Albion during a press conference at The Hawthorns on June 24, 2019 in West Bromwich, England.

West Bromwich Albion are hoping to tie down Nathan Ferguson, Matt Phillips and Kyle Edwards to new contracts with the Baggies trio all due to become free agents at the end of the season, as reported by the Express and Star.

Three games into the Championship campaign, Slaven Bilic’s influence is starting to take shape at The Hawthorns.

West Brom are third with seven points from a possible nine, playing attracting possession football while affording opportunities to some very exciting youngsters.

Bilic is a big fan of 18-year-old Ferguson, who has defied expectations to play every single second of the Championship campaign so far despite the summer arrival of Darnell Furlong from Queens Park Rangers.

The teenager even scored in the opening day victory away at Nottingham Forest, albeit with a helping hand from debutant goalkeeper Aro Muric.

Nathan Ferguson of West Bromwich Albion celebrates the away win 1-2 during the Sky Bet Championship match between Luton Town and West Bromwich Albion at Kenilworth Road on August 17, 2019...

But he, like tricky forward Edwards and influential winger Phillips, are all out of contract in the summer of 2020.

And the Express and Star points out that West Brom are planning to extend their deals before it is too late with interest from elsewhere looking very likely at this stage.

WBA Player Matt Phillips in action during the Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Watford at The Hawthorns on September 30, 2017 in West Bromwich, England.