New West Bromwich Albion owner Shilen Patel speaks of his dreams for the Championship play-off hopefuls - and explains why he is mixing them with a realistic approach.
The 43-year-old businessman has taken over the Championship club as they chase promotion back to the Premier League, via the play-offs.
"The biggest mistake you can make, with any Championship club, is assuming that next season you're going to be in the Premier League."When he and his father Kiran Patel completed the deal for their Florida-based Bilkul Football WBA to buy Albion on 28 February, Patel Jr says they did also look at what might happen if the club do not make it back to the big time just yet.
"We have to aim at being in the top quartile of teams in this league and, if we keep doing that, we get an annual opportunity to get to the next level."Big hitters such as Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Leeds United, Aston Villa and Birmingham City all have American ownership, with differing degrees of success."There has always been a certain romance in sports ownership," said Patel.
"It's good for the Championship to have Tom Brady involved," Patel said. "It instantly put this whole league on the radar for a lot of people who weren't thinking about it before. "These years in particular have showed me the importance of patience. It allowed me to go into pursuing this with eyes wide open."that the previous owners had lumbered them with? And would hugely popular head coach Carlos Corberan's job be safe?"To have an individual already in place like Carlos Corberan is not something to worry about," he said.
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