Mowbray is determined he will not pay over-inflated wages as he strives to add to his three summer signings to date before the Barclays Premier League opener with Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on 16th August.

Mowbray said: "I would hope there will be a few more coming in before the season starts - three, four, five, who knows? But sometimes the expectations from players' advisors are way beyond where we can go.

"That's fine by me. We've got a wage structure at West Brom and the players all understand that. It's a philosophy I try to have and it won't be broken.

"But the search for new players is continuing. There is a lot of work going on behind the scenes. Some targets get pretty close to coming to fruition and then disappear.

"I would like a few more bodies in, but they have to be of the right quality. If you can't get the right quality you just have to keep going."