West Bromwich Albion Football Club

• Nickname:The Baggies
• Founded:1878
• Manager:Steve Clarke

• Ground:The Hawthorns
• Capacity:25400

Baggies seal Cesar loan

02 Aug 2007 - 16:39:58

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West Brom boss Tony Mowbray has added to his defensive options by snapping up the Marseille central defender Bostjan Cesar on a season-long loan - with a view to a permanent move.

The 25-year-old Slovenian has been capped 24 times by his country and could make his Baggies debut in Saturday's final pre-season friendly against Heerenveen.

Mowbray told Albion's official website: "Bostjan is a left-sided centre-half and a real competitor.

"What I like about him is that he has natural defensive instincts and wants to win. He's a defender's defender.

"Bostjan is here to increase competition for places in defence and we're trying to achieve that all over the pitch by improving the squad."