Championship - Irvine rejects West Brom

Eurosport - Wed, 01 Jul 10:44:00 2009

Alan Irvine will not be leaving Preston North End to take charge at West Brom, his club announced.

FOOTBALL Preston boss Alan Irvine, who is determined to hang on to his key players and add to his squad to launch a promotion push - 0

North End chairman Derek Shaw announced the news on Tuesday morning after confirming a clause in the Scot`s contract had allowed him to talk to the Baggies.

Shaw told the club website: "Over the weekend I was approached by West Bromwich Albion. Sometimes it is very difficult to give a running commentary to our supporters via the media. I had to discuss things on Monday morning with our lawyers.

"Alan was given permission to speak to West Brom while he was away on holiday, but he has chosen to remain as Preston's manager.

"We are extremely pleased, but I had to comply with the terms of the contract, which is extremely common in the modern day management contract. This is nothing unique to Preston North End."

He added: "I know Alan and his representative did have some talks, but I believe Alan did not meet them face to face and he has chosen to remain at Preston which we are extremely pleased about."

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  1. RE MAGLAUR.....i think you should take a look at your­ comment....stoke are 10 places below wolves and wolves­ 20 places above WBA....take a look now my­ friend.....why not keep your mouth shut until the end­ of the season when truth will transpire!!!!

    From peter, on Sun 8 Nov 10:01PM

  2. all talk and no substance...lets judge at the end of­ next season...going up is one thing....staying there­ another!!!!

    From peter, on Tue 30 Jun 10:53PM

  3. TONYMOZE you should thank your chairman i understand­ hes footing the bill for all baggies fans to have­ surgery to hide their shame

    From marklaura60, on Tue 30 Jun 9:37PM

  4. Typical Dingle can't spell, as well as being a­ Ladyboy. How much did the plastic surgery cost ?

    From Anthony, on Tue 30 Jun 8:41PM

  5. we support the only midlands team that will do well nxt­ season CMON YOU WOLVES as for paulday stoke are still­ 10 levels above wbrom and 20 below WOLVES

    From marklaura60, on Tue 30 Jun 8:34PM

  6. AND TONYMOZE THATS A MUPPETS NAME THEN AGAIN ALL­ BAGGIES FANS ORE MUPPETS

    From marklaura60, on Tue 30 Jun 8:34PM

  7. we support the only midlands team that will do well nxt­ season CMON YOU WOLVES as for paulday stoke are still­ 10 levels above wbrom and 20 below WOLVES

    From marklaura60, on Tue 30 Jun 8:32PM

  8. Is Marklaura one of those "Ladyboy"­ transexual names ? Come on De Matteo ! Up the Baggies­ !

    From Anthony, on Tue 30 Jun 8:14PM

  9. marklaura60 is a potter @#$% albion fan who cant see­ anything on the stoke pages apart from throw ins!
    He /­ she is always waffling on here??

    From paulday448, on Tue 30 Jun 7:20PM

  10. Fantastic news for PNE fans!Alan has done a fantastic­ job turning us round from near relegation to play-offs­ in no time.Hope that Derek Shaw can back him with a bit­ of money to strengthen!To WBA fans I dont think Alan­ has finished the job at PNE! WBA are a big club and I­ have always enjoyed the type of football you have­ played good luck!

    From si, on Tue 30 Jun 6:44PM

  11. roberto di matteo signs as manager tomorrow.....and­ that last comment was a typical ---- wolves fan no­ cahance of staying in the prem bottom three all season­ boing boing

    From adrian, on Tue 30 Jun 6:09PM

  12. Does'nt say a lot for us if he does'nt want to­ leave Preston. So Mr Peace,who are you going to turn­ too now? It will have to be a manager that has a­ shoestring budget to work with no doubt, and by the­ way, who's idea was it to buy Cox from Swindon when­ we have no manager. Strange that! Why dont you coax­ Curbishley at least you will get some loyalty. As for­ Marklaura60's comment,who do you support? You­ obviously have no concept of promotion or relegation­ and BOING BOING BOING BOING.

    From BOB S, on Tue 30 Jun 4:44PM

  13. to all you baggies fans look at the league table now as­ it will be the same at the end of the season. no more­ boing boing just down down

    From marklaura60, on Tue 30 Jun 3:19PM
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