Championship: West Brom host rivals Coventry

The steps at The Hawthorns, West BromTakeover talk is in the air in the Midlands at The Hawthorns tonight.

West Bromwich Albion, with the ink freshly dried on new owner Shilen Patel’s completion of his newly signed deal, take on a club in Coventry City who went through the same experience just over a year ago. And, in terms of what the new owners inherited, there are obvious similarities.

Like Doug King did at Coventry, so Patel has come in to inherit a club from vastly unpopular predecessors – on the back of a lot of protests from upset fans.

The new King regime has worked well for the Sky Blues, under his American business model. Now thriving off the pitch – and mostly on it too as they bid…