Has Roberto Di Matteo gone to WBA??

James G · Jun 30, 2009

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barnsleyone · Jun 30, 2009

<table class="main" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td class="sidebar1"><div class="lhs"><div class="lhsl"></div><div class="lhssq"><a href="../../sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_bromwich_albion/default.stm">West Brom </div><div class="lhsssl">Results </div><div class="lhsssl">Fixtures </div><div class="lhsssl">Table </div><div class="lhsssl">Club Stats </div><div class="lhsssl">Squad Selector </div></div><div class="aznav">A-Z of Sports</div><div class="relatedbbcsites"><h3>Related BBC sites</h3><ul>[*]News [*]Weather [/list]</div></td><td class="contentwrapper"><table class="datetools" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><a name="startcontent" /><div class="ds"><span class="lu">Page last updated at </span>13:47 GMT, Tuesday, 30 June 2009 14:47 UK</div><div class="mvtb"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="416" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 213px"> E-mail this to a friend </td><td style="width: 203px"> Printable version </td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="storycontent" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><div class="mxb"><h1>Baggies set to appoint Di Matteo </h1></div></td></tr><tr><td class="storybody"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="226" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Di Matteo succeeded Paul Ince as Milton Keynes Dons boss in July 2008</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="first">MK Dons boss Roberto Di Matteo is set to be confirmed as West Bromwich Albion's new manager within the next 48 hours, BBC Sport understands. </p>

The Albion board approached Di Matteo late on Monday with a view to making him Tony Mowbray's successor. </p>

Preston manager Alan Irvine was also on a shortlist of two but rejected the chance to move, after being given permission to speak to West Brom. </p>

Di Matteo took the Dons to the League One play-offs in his first season. </p>

</p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="231" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 5px"></td><td class="sib606"><div class="sihf">606: DEBATE </div><div><div class="mva">If it is to be Di Matteo I think it is an inspired appointment
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The Italian signed a contract extension with MK Dons in December which was to tie him to the League One club until June 2011. </p>

The Baggies have been without a manager since Mowbray left the Championship club for Scottish Premier League giants Celtic on 17 June. </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>