I’d have kept Long at Baggies

PREMIER LEAGUE:

Spaniard Mel’s appointment as head coach and successor to the sacked Steve Clarke was announced by the Baggies on January 9.

Long was still a West Brom player at that point and completed a full 90 minutes for them on January 11 as they lost 1-0 at Southampton — a game for which they still had caretaker boss Keith Downing in charge, while Mel watched from the stands.