James Morrison makes West Brom transfer preference call for summer

The club are expected to support Morrison, appointed on a two-year deal, with as much financial backing as realistic to improve on the disastrous 2025/26 campaign.

Change is taking place with Jed Wallace, Daryl Dike and Joe Wildsmith to depart with Karlan Grant, Josh Maja and Max O’Leary mulling contract offers.

It was suggested at times by former boss Ryan Mason that Albion’s squad lacked depth at senior level this term, though the Baggies ranked in the top half for players used across the Championship struggle.

“I'd rather have quality than quantity, to be honest,” Morrison told the Express & Star.

“It’s about getting the right people.

“Again, there's a process in place. We're all working together.

“But yes, we need to make changes. Everyone can see that and there will be changes.”

Albion, under Mason, Eric Ramsay and Morrison, used 34 players across the 46-game league campaign.

Only seven clubs used more players than the Baggies with administration basement club Sheffield Wednesday leading the way with 40.

That total did include former defender Torbjorn Heggem, who was sold to Bologna last August after one game, and injury victim Tammer Bany and youngster Esoesa Sule, who managed a combine 65 league minutes.

It also included the sold Tom Fellows and youngsters Harry Whitwell, Alex Williams, Souleyman Mandey and Hindolo Mustapha, who only featured for a dozen minutes combined.

Clubs to have used more players included strugglers Oxford, Blackburn and Portsmouth. Automatic-promotion winning Coventry and Ipswich used the fewest with 27 and 29 respectively.

Leading the way for league minutes this season was player of the season Callum Styles and nine-goal attacker Isaac Price, who featured in 45 and 46 league games respectively.