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Steve Hermon, BBC Radio WM<\/i><\/p>\n
Carlos Corberan has been linked with multiple jobs at an increasing rate lately, which is the sign of a busy agent but also perhaps his own want for pastures new.<\/p>\n
Valencia have been a big side in European football, winning La Liga and the Uefa Cup as recently as 2004, but the pull of this job might come more off the field.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard grew up in the village of Cheste, just over 20 miles from Valencia’s Mestalla stadium.<\/p>\n
His parents still live in the region, he has a Spanish wife, Claudia (who he actually met in Leeds where she worked as an interpreter) and they have two young children together, boys Dario and Marcos.<\/p>\n
Despite being a workaholic who lives and breathes football, Corberan is also a proud family man. Perhaps a move closer to loved ones would help with that.<\/p>\n
He’s also an ambitious coach. He will have been stung by his 11-game spell at Greek top-flight side Olympiakos, which ended shortly before he arrived at The Hawthorns, so this is his first real opportunity to work at an elite level.<\/p>\n
Like all Spanish clubs, Valencia are on a winter break but his first game in charge would be a home match against Real Madrid on 3 January. A day later, Albion travel to Swansea in a 12:30 kick-off, so you can understand the pull.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n