West Brom considering goalkeepers ‘home and abroad’ & will get ‘the best we can’ – Dan Ashworth

Scott Carson (Bursaspor)

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West Brom will weigh up all possibilities before making a decision on a new goalkeeper, says the club’s sporting and technical director Dan Ashworth.

The club are in the market for a new No.1 after Scott Carson joined Bursaspor recently.

Carson’s former understudy, Boaz Myhill, made a mistake last week in a pre-season game against San Jose Earthquakes, where he allowed the opposition keeper to score from 90 yards.

Ashworth told The Birmingham Mail: “It’s no secret we need a goalkeeper.

“My job is to explore every single opportunity both here and abroad.”

But Ashworth says that the Baggies will take their time to search at home and abroad.

“Perhaps some people are putting two and two together and getting five, given goalkeepers that are available in the UK,” he continued.

“Robert Green, Tomasz Kuszczak, Ben Foster and Shay Given have all been touted as it’s their time to move whether it’s because their clubs have been relegated, they are free to move or other keepers have come in.

“Yes, they are all top keepers but there are plenty out there in Europe.

“We are closer to making a decision but all the sifting of information can take a long period of time, from finding out if clubs are willing to sell, willing to loan, are the players willing to come?

“It’s a continual process, that’s why transfers can take a long time.

“We need to get the best one we can get.”

Whoever ends up standing between the sticks at the Hawthorns will be tasked with helping push the club into the Premier League top ten following last season’s 11th-place finish.