West Bromwich Albion 'to approach Dean Smith'

Championship-bound West Bromwich Albion reportedly plan to approach Brentford's Dean Smith over their vacant managerial position.

By Neil Wilkes, Editor-in-chief | 03 May 2018

West Bromwich Albion are reportedly planning to make an official approach to Brentford boss Dean Smith over their managerial vacancy.

The Baggies are almost certain to be relegated from the Premier League this term, sitting five points from safety in the table with just two games of their season remaining.

Alan Pardew was sacked last month after a record of just one win in 18 games, leaving the club in the hunt for a new manager for a potential Championship campaign.

According to the Daily Mail, West Brom have already identified Smith as the man to spearhead their promotion charge and plan to approach him in the coming weeks.

The newspaper also claims that the club want to bring in Michael Appleton - currently assistant at Leicester City - as Smith's number two.

Darren Moore is in caretaker charge of the Midlands outfit for their final two games of the campaign.

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C	Leicester City Leicester	45	31	4	10	89	39	50	97
2	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
3	Ipswich Town Ipswich	44	26	12	6	88	56	32	90
4	Southampton	45	25	9	11	85	62	23	84
5	Norwich City Norwich	45	21	10	14	79	63	16	73
6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
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10	Preston North End Preston	45	18	9	18	56	64	-8	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
18	Stoke City Stoke	45	14	11	20	45	60	-15	53
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20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
22	Birmingham City Birmingham	45	12	11	22	49	65	-16	47
23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
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