Tony Mowbray has poured cold water on reports of a Rangers move for Jonathan Greening by admitting he will be West Brom captain next season.Gers boss Walter Smith has been linked with a swoop for the classy midfielder, who took the captain's armband at The Hawthorns last summer and led the Baggies to promotion by winning the Championship title.

Albion boss Mowbray, however, insists the 29-year-old is going nowhere and remains a pivotal part of his plans for the club's Premier League campaign.

Greening, who cost £1.25million when he joined from Middlesbrough in 2004, played in all 46 league games last season, scoring just once.

And Mowbray insists he has no plans to take the captaincy off the influential former Manchester United man.

He said: "Jonathan has the respect of the rest of the players because of his ability and because of the way he is. He is not hot-headed, he is very calm and a good footballer. He is someone I can talk to on a level.

"He was given the captaincy last season because he brings just about everything I like in a footballer. In his own way he shows great responsibility. Captains don't always need to be charging around the pitch, clattering into people, shouting or shaking their fist.

"He listens and takes it in. I don't envisage any changes and I am not looking for another captain. Jonathan has just led this team to the Championship," Mowbray added in the Express and Star.

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