Carlos Corberan brutally honest amid West Brom 'transfer limitations'

Carlos Corberan has described West Bromwich Albion’s recent financial struggles as the biggest challenge of his career to date.

As reported by Sky Sports, the Baggies have been placed under an EFL-imposed business plan which will limit their transfer activity for the rest of the current transfer window. Albion are on course to breach the Championship’s financial rules, so have to consort with the EFL over any incomings.

Not only that, but West Brom have lost a number of key players as Okay Yokuslu, Cedric Kipre and Conor Townsend have departed for pastures new. A lack of spending power means an inability to replace like-for-like, unless some very astute business is done.

Corberan, aware of the uphill battle to commence, is determined to succeed for a club he adores.

“I am prepared to face the most difficult challenge of my life as a coach,” Corberan said after Albion’s 4-1 pre-season defeat at Birmingham City.

“This is what I am prepared to face. And I am ready because I love this club and I love these fans, I love them a lot. I know that this year I need to fight a lot, and I am prepared to face this, the challenge in front of us.

“Sometimes the idea, everything we always want as coaches, is to have the players quick in pre-season, to have the players to work the idea you have. But unfortunately football doesn't always allow us to face the ideal circumstances.”

It’s not going to be an easy rest of the summer - or season on the whole - but if anyone can get the best out of limited resources out of an English second tier club, it’s Carlos.

The Spaniard reached the play-off final with Huddersfield Town against the odds, nearly soared Albion to a top-six finish in his first campaign at The Hawthorns, and then went one step further the campaign after. All with very low spending.

"Now we need to adapt,” Corberan added. “We have one month in front of us. The only problem is it's true you have the market and play games - so you need to work with both things together.

“It is not the same when you bring the players in (at this stage) to manage them, the impact, the minutes in the friendly games, the training.

"Now it is a different scenario, where we have to take some risks and the players need to do a quick and probably not the best adaptation to be ready to compete. But it's the situation we have right now.

"There is a lot of work ahead because of course this is what we need."