Tottenham -head coach Ryan Mason is expected to hold conversations with West Brom this week about becoming their next manager.
The championship side must make a formal approach to Spurs in the coming days.
The 33-year-old came forward as the preferred candidate of Albion after a proposed move for the former QPR boss Marti Cifuentes had fallen through it.
Albion fired Tony Mowbray in April after lost to Derby County. The result effectively ended their hope to make the play-offs.
The loss for the Rams was their fifth in six games and eighth in 17 games under Mowbray since he had returned to the Hawthorns in January.
Mowbray replaced Carlos Corberan, who joined Valencia after taking a few months out of the game while he was treated for colon cancer.
That saw him leave his post in Birmingham City last season, but he is now on his way to recovery.
Mowbray revealed that his children were afraid he would not live while he was fighting cancer.
The potential hiring of Mason comes after Spurs has won their first trophy by beating Manchester United in the Europa League final in Bilbao last week.
Mason has previously served twice as an interim boss for the LilyWhites – after they had fired Jose Mourinho in 2021 and when Cristian Stellini was derived from his duties as head coach in 2023 after firing Antonio Conte.
Mason went into coaching after he had made 53 performances for Spurs as a player between 2008 and 2016.
His gaming career was demolished in 2018 after he had contracted a broken skull that required surgery while playing for Hull City, the previous year.