The loDEREK MCINNES

Baggies No.4

A loan move from Rangers to Stockport, where he played for Gary Megson, worked very well, and the move would have been made permanent had it not been for finance. A spell in France with Toulouse was less successful, and in the summer of 2000, he was persuaded to return to the UK and life at The Hawthorns where the gritty midfielder was immediately made skipper and he certainly leads by example. Derek McInnes's season came to a premature end at home to Wimbledon on 24th October 2000 when a nasty tackle caused cruciate ligament damage, an injury which saw him sidelined for the rest of the campaign. However the earlier games have shown he may well already be an absolute snip at £450,000. Could be one the the best Hawthorns buys for some time.s