Blackburn Rovers manager Tony Mowbray and Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes are being linked with the vacant West Bromwich Albion job.
It has been a dismal season for West Bromwich Albion fans. They have seen their club go from a top half Premier League side to a team stuck at the bottom of the table for most of the season and set for an inevitable relegation to the Championship.
Tony Pulis was unpopular, Alan Pardew more so, and now the Baggies have a very unhappy fan base on their hands.
So do reports in the Mirror that West Brom have identified two former Hawthorns heroes to take over the club ahead of their first season back in the second tier reflect a desperate attempt to get supporters back on side?
The report claims that Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes is one of the top candidates to become the club’s new manager. He is well liked at West Brom as a former captain who lead the side into the Premier League as a player back in 2002.
Tony Mowbray is also in the frame, nine years after he left the Baggies to take over at Celtic. The 54-year-old enjoyed great success as a manager in West Bromwich, guiding them to the Championship title and the FA Cup semi-finals in the 2007/08 season.
And Mowbray’s stock is on the rise again, with his Blackburn Rovers side edging close to an immediate promotion from League One.
McInnes and Mowbray both know the club and would be initially popular appointments after the disillusion and division that surrounded the reigns of Pulis and Pardew.
But would a potential PR appointment be enough to convince the fans that the club is heading in the right direction?
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