David Wagner was on Tuesday edging towards becoming the new West Brom manager after fighting off competition from Chris Wilder.
The German led Huddersfield to promotion to the Premier League in 2017 and fulfils Albion's requirement of having experience of the top flight and the Championship.
Wilder had long been considered the favourite for The Hawthorns role having been recommended by his predecessor Sam Allardyce.
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But Wagner, who has been out of work since leaving Schalke last September, looked set to win the race.