Valencia have made an approach for the West Bromwich Albion head coach, Carlos Corberán, and negotiations are expected to accelerate on Tuesday. Corberán, who has a buyout clause of about £3m, is wanted by the Spanish club after their sacking of Rubén Baraja on Monday.

Valencia are second-bottom of La Liga after two wins in 17 league matches and have an emotional as well as a sporting attraction for Corberán. He was born about 20 miles from the city and played in Valencia’s academy and for their B team.

Corberán has been at West Brom, who are seventh in the Championship, since October 2022. He has previously been the head coach at clubs including Huddersfield and, briefly, Olympiakos and worked as an assistant to Marcelo Bielsa at Leeds.

Valencia qualified for the Champions League by finishing fourth in 2019 but have since not come higher than ninth and were involved in another relegation battle two seasons ago.