West Brom boss pushes transfer focus towards changes he can make at The Hawthorns

Boosting midfield options remains a priority - the Baggies have suffered injuries and lost Toby Collyer in that position - and defence and goalkeeping departments have been looked at.

With minimal business expected Ramsay, who leads his new club into Friday night's visit of Middlesbrough for a first fixture at the helm, instead stressed his focus on the squad he currently has to select from.

"With how I've looked at this group of players from minute one in the build-up to me coming in here, I want to make sure that I first look at what we've got and feel really good about how we can start to squeeze the most out of those players," Ramsay said when asked about transfer dealings.

"To make sure that, as is often the case with coaches that come in with fresh eyes, we're able to pick up on the things that we can maximise that maybe haven't been maximised.

"We can look at players from a fresh lens from the perspective of position and system and ultimately that's my start point as a coach.

"I want to build a way of playing that suits the characteristics of the players and as much as possible you're seeing players do the things that they do well and do the things that they build their careers on so that's been the start point.

"I don't think any club at this level would not look at each window as an opportunity to improve and that work is going on behind the scenes but my start point is what we've got and what we can do with it."

Head coach Ramsay will have a say in recruitment but the responsibility is heading up by sporting director and president Andrew Nestor, as well as director of football operations Ian Pearce.