Baggies in talks to appoint Spurs coach Mason

Ryan Mason played for Tottenham and Hull City as well as winning one England cap - against Italy in 2015

West Bromwich Albion are in talks over appointing Tottenham Hotspur coach Ryan Mason as their manager.

Multiple sources have told BBC Sport the ex-England midfielder, who is working under Ange Postecoglou at Spurs, is emerging as the Championship club's first-choice candidate to replace Tony Mowbray, who was sacked in April.

Discussions are well under way and continuing amid positivity from all parties that Mason will accept his first managerial role.

Mason's contract at Spurs expires at the end of June so there are unlikely to be lengthy negotiations over the 33-year-old's release, though Tottenham are aware of the Baggies' interest.

If Albion want Mason to start work immediately, which is expected to be the case, the Midlands club will be required to make a formal approach to Tottenham to release him from the final weeks of his contract - but that is not expected to create any obstacles towards the deal.

There is a possibility that Mason takes members of Spurs' coaching team with him to The Hawthorns.

Mason was forced to retire from professional football in 2018, aged just 26, on medical advice after suffering a fractured skull in a clash with Chelsea defender Gary Cahill in 2017 that required the Tottenham academy graduate to have emergency surgery.

He joined Tottenham's coaching team in April 2018, playing a key role in the club's academy before becoming interim first-team manager following the sacking of Jose Mourinho in 2021.

Mason has been part of Tottenham's senior set-up ever since, becoming acting head coach for a second time following the departure of Antonio Conte in 2023.