A couple of seasons ago, Dave Jones declined the opportunity to go to West Brom - the temptation of a wage increase and shares at Cardiff City did the trick - but you did get the impression he had his regrets about that as Cardiff floundered in the Championship while West Brom went to the Premiership.
Two years on, Tony Mowray who got the job instead has gone to Celtic so the position is open again and with West Brom having more finances than Cardiff, it's an attractive option.
If news reports are to be believed, Dave Jones' name still figures very highly with some suggesting it may be between Alan Irvine (Preston) and himself for the role with Irvine favourite as he is a younger manager who has made an instant name for himself.
With suggestions of an imminent approach, Peter Ridsdale is in fighting and bullish mood -“Dave Jones is staying with Cardiff City – I have no doubts about that.”
However Irvine is the favourite and their Chairman is making the same noises - "I want to assure supporters that as I give this interview we have not had any contact from West Bromwich Albion over the services of Alan Irvine – and we do not want any. If any calls came in then the decision would be down to the manager himself, if the terms of his contract were met, but this is something we would vehemently oppose."
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