West Brom manager Tony Mowbray wants to get all his summer signings completed before his players return for pre-season training.The Baggies manager is keen to strengthen his newly-promoted squad in good time ahead of their Premier League challenge.

Mowbray said: "In an ideal world I would like everyone in before pre-season starts so I can do the work with them and bed them in to what we do, how we train and play and how they might fit into the team.

"It's not ideal if they come in late in the window because we'd rather have them in for the start of the season or the start of pre-season, but it's not always easy.

"If you've been playing yourself and haven't been able to take two days out and fly abroad to watch a game it becomes very difficult."

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