Ryan Mason leaves Tottenham to change into head trainer at West Brom

Ryan Mason has left Tottenham to take over as West Brom head trainer on a three-year contract.

Mason briefly emerged as a number one candidate for the Championship membership when they pushed aside Tony Mowbray on April 21.

Spurs’ roller-coaster 2024-25 marketing campaign – wherein they secured Europa League luck – most effective ended on May 25 and compelled West Brom to bide their time however Mason, after a brief vacation, made up our minds to simply accept their be offering and take his first step into control.

“I’m absolutely thrilled to have been appointed head coach of West Bromwich Albion,” Mason stated. “This is a huge club with a fantastic infrastructure and an incredible fan-base and I am excited about what we can achieve together.

“Having spoken at length to the board and those at the club, I am convinced that Albion is the perfect place for me to be and I can’t wait to get started. I will bring with me a huge amount of enthusiasm, dedication and ambition and look forward to a positive future together at such a fantastic club.”

At the age of 33, Mason turns into the youngest head trainer within the Championship and the transfer ends his seven-year training profession at Tottenham.

Mason, who advanced via Spurs’ academy to play 70 occasions for his boyhood crew, was once compelled to minimize brief his taking part in profession in 2018 after he sustained a fractured cranium in a Premier League fit for Hull at Chelsea a 12 months previous.

Highly-rated trainer Mason held talks with Belgian membership Anderlecht in October earlier than a mutual choice was once made to stay at Spurs, which enabled him to play his section within the membership’s first trophy since 2008.

After two earlier caretaker stints at Tottenham, together with main the membership within the 2021 Carabao Cup ultimate, Mason has lengthy been tipped for a long term in control.

Mason first of all began training at adolescence degree for Spurs upon his taking part in retirement earlier than being promoted to Antonio Conte’s training body of workers 3 years later, now not lengthy after a seven-game spell as meantime boss.

Another caretaker position got here in 2023 following Conte’s departure earlier than Ange Postecoglou saved Mason as a part of his backroom crew.

After an extra two years as Tottenham first-team trainer, Mason will take over West Brom when they completed 9th within the Championship.

Mowbray was once pushed aside in April after their play-off hopes ended in spite of most effective being employed in January to switch Carlos Corberan, who left to take over at Valencia.