West Brom 'need the phone to ring' ahead of transfer deadline day

A number of youngsters in the West Brom academy are available for a loan transfer before Monday night’s deadline - if the club is deemed the right fit for the player, Richard Beale has told .

Albion’s under 23s have seen plenty of recruitment this month. Jamie Andrews has sorted himself a loan, while the likes of Toby King, Jovan Malcolm, Saul Shotton and Ted Cann have all returned to the club.

Zak Delaney has extended his loan at Bath until the end of the season and Callum Morton has swapped loan clubs, but there remain a number of eligible players who are free to leave The Hawthorns on loan for the remainder of the campaign if the club deem the interested party a suitable destination.

A number of players are on the fringes of the first-team, like Caleb Taylor and Tom Fellows, but Rayhaan Tulloch has, for example, attracted the interest of Sheffield Wednesday and ex-boss Darren Moore.

Sam Johnstone’s new situation likely puts paid to the prospect of Alex Palmer being let out, but players like Jamie Soule and Owen Windsor have had loans previously and could field late interest with a number of scouts at Albion matches, in the last month especially.

Albion’s Premier League 2 campaign - they currently sit in third - has been very encouraging thus far, but nothing can quite beat the experience of first-team football elsewhere.

You can’t rule out, therefore, a loan deal or two being sanctioned between now and Monday night.

“What I always say to the boys is that there are a lot of scouts at every game,” Beale told . “Often a loan is the next stage for their career, and all you can ever do it play well and get in the eye-line of coaches and staff at the club, and coaches and staff at other clubs.

“We need the phone