Who is John Pelling - the man brought in to troubleshoot West Brom's finances
John Pelling was brought in by Albion to work with the club on issues surrounding PSR.
In the fallout of the reports on Monday that Albion had been alleged to have breached PSR rules, the name John Pelling was being spoken about.
Pelling, a long term operator in football was brought in by Albion to help deal with PSR and financial issues.
It comes after he had spent a number of years doing the same at Stoke City.
But who is Pelling, and what is his pedigree in the game?
Chief executive to PSR expert
Pelling’s move in the world of finance came after he gained a degree in industrial economics.
But for all his football experience, his first job was away from the game.
He worked for KPMG UK, a business consulting firm, before going into the world of football back in the 1990s.
He joined Nottingham Forest as a finance director back in 1998, remaining at the club until 2013.
His 14 year spell at Forest saw them go down to the second tier before struggling to get back into the top flight.
He spent two years with Bristol City, first as the head of the club’s academy before just over a year as the club’s chief executive.
He had just ten months as head of finance for Bolton Wanderers - before he joined Stoke City and spent eight years in the Potteries.
Taking over as head of finance in 2017, Pelling spent a number of years playing a major role in helping the club to navigate the tightrope that is PSR.
He was part of the club’s senior management committee and alongside this he also had a role at the EFL.
He was part of an EFL working group that was helping to debate a change to the rules, which many clubs were hoping would come into effect this summer.
However, they have been knocked back because of the Manchester City legal challenge debacle.
Pelling is seen as something of an expert in navigating PSR regulations - and was brought in back in the autumn to troubleshoot Albion’s finances.
He has worked quietly, in the background, to get Albion to where they felt they needed to be upon the accounts submission by December 31 and thereafter.
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