Source: Team_Talk
Baggies keen to pick up Piquionne
West Brom have confirmed their interest in signing striker Frederic Piquionne, who helped Portsmouth reach last season's FA Cup final.[LNB] The 31-year-old Lyon player spent the 2009-2010 campaign on loan at Fratton Park and scored 10 goals in all competitions.[LNB]They included two against Birmingham in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and another in the shock success over Tottenham in the semi-final win at Wembley.[LNB]Piquionne has since returned to Lyon but Albion are keen for him to return to the Premier League.[LNB]The club's sporting and technical director Dan Ashworth said: "Frederic has got a couple of years left at Lyon and we've made an enquiry but there is no firm commitment.[LNB]"He is a player who has been linked with three or four clubs so he's not short of options."[LNB]Another ex-Portsmouth player, Albion winger Jerome Thomas, has signed a one-year extension to his contract which will keep him at the Hawthorns until the summer of 2012.[LNB]Thomas made the move to the Baggies on a free transfer last summer after being released by Pompey.[LNB]Albion also expect more offers to be made for their midfielder Borja Valero who enjoyed a successful season on loan back at Real Mallorca - the club West Brom signed him from two years ago.[LNB]They have already rejected a bid from Sevilla and Ashworth admitted: "I suspect we will get another offer between now and the end of the transfer window."[LNB]Valero is back training with Albion but has intimated he would welcome a permanent move back to Spain after struggling to adapt to the Premier League during the 2008-2009 campaign.
