West Brom have axed some of their backroom staff after senior players believed they had saved their colleagues' jobs by winning promotion to the Premier League. And they felt even worse when West Brom announced the £18m permanent signing of Grady Diangana within a week. West Brom fear redundancies could have been greater if they had not achieved promotionSportsmail understands the job losses at West Brom were in parts of the business affected by the pandemic, such as hospitality and retail. News of the redundancies at West Brom emerged less than a week after the Baggies sacked their manager, Slaven Bilic. West Brom, like many clubs, have struggled financially without fans or commercial revenue'The players knew that and it's just relief.

Source: Daily Mail December 21, 2020 18:17 UTC