West Brom have axed some of their backroom staff after senior players believed they had saved their colleagues' jobs by winning promotion to the Premier League.
In euphoric scenes at The Hawthorns in July, players celebrated after securing passage to the top flight, which will bring the club a financial windfall of more than £100million.
On the pitch immediately after achieving second place in the Championship, captain Jake Livermore spoke of his relief that staff behind the scenes would not be made redundant since the club was going up and would be better off financially.