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Bungling Baggies need to liven up

By John Wragg

The problem at West Brom isn’t amid the carnage of their managers, it’s at Guangzhou city in Guandong province on the north shore of the South China sea.
Owner Lai Guochuan lives there, as far as we know, so little is known about him, and, since he rocked up with free Baggies scarves and a free drink in September 2016, he has got through ten managers and caretakers.
The £200m he paid for West Brom has collapsed quicker than the pound and he is also into the club for £5m, borrowed to prop up his other businesses hit by Covid.
Guochuan was paying it back in September, plus a ...

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