Tom Fellows: What's next for West Brom man after England joy

He will be granted extended leave from immediate club pre-season duties before reporting in to join new head coach Ryan Mason and his Baggies team-mates.

If the start of the summer brought involvement - albeit limited minutes - in a run to the end of a major international tournament, then the remainder of the off-season is also of note for the talented wideman.

Fellows, like many of his Albion team-mates, is out to catch the eye of new head coach Mason, who welcomed in his players in the middle of last week having been appointed as Tony Mowbray's successor at the beginning of June.

Mason will run the rule over all of his squad, having also studied their backgrounds by watching previous matches and spoken to existing staff members such as James Morrison and Damia Abella.

Where Fellows differs from most of his team-mates, however, is that he is one of the Baggies' hottest properties and most sought-after young talents in the Championship.

Last season, his first full campaign as a senior regular, was not without its bumps in the road, but it did not stop the academy graduate laying on the joint-most assists in the second tier with 14 - level with Portsmouth's Josh Murphy, nine years Fellows' senior.

Fellows has two years remaining on his contract at The Hawthorns but his youthful age and the fact he is a product of the club's youth ranks make him a key man in many regards. That is not least when it comes to his value, having not cost a penny in transfer fees - any sale is that of 'pure profit' when it comes to the books and regulations such as profit and sustainability.

It is why, in recent years, selling assets who have come through the academy of clubs has been so valuable to those under tight financial fair play margins.

That does not mean Albion want or need to sell Tom Fellows, of course.

Mason knew he was walking through the doors at The Hawthorns to a squad with one of the biggest young talents outside of the Premier League.

He will also have known Fellows has been in demand before. Southampton tried last summer, Everton have also. There has been an expectation, certainly externally, that no successful promotion bid last season would have seen Fellows move on higher up this summer.

Naturally, the transfer window is still in its relatively early stages and it remains to be seen what, if any, concrete interest comes forward in the Longbridge-born winger.

The Baggies rebuffed around £12million from Southampton last summer and, after a league-leading assist campaign in his first full season, would theoretically expect a higher value as such. Fellows is, however, another year closer to the end of his contract.

He is not the club's only player who would be considered to be worth a - relatively - lofty fee.

Isaac Price is also 21 and, after flourishing for his new club and country since checking into The Hawthorns on a lengthy deal in January, is a valuable asset.

Defender and player of the season Torbjorn Heggem is also worth big money for Albion, the same could be said for winger Mikey Johnston, despite an underwhelming campaign.

For Fellows for now it is a case of delivering in front of Mason when he checks in with his colleagues.

Assuming he is an Albion player next season, the boyhood Baggie will focus on producing league-high figures again, albeit last season's tallies were rather unbalanced in terms of a productive first half of the season.

He will also want to improve on a goal return from the flank having been boosted to just four by a final-day double against Luton in May.

Fellows remains one of the jewels in Albion's crown. Perhaps the most valuable jewel. His international adventure, working with some of the country's elite, will have fuelled the fire for what is to come.