Albion have also extended the loan of goalkeeper Michal Danek from Viktoria Plzen until 1 January 2009.

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Meanwhile, the 26-year-old Michal Danek has been with Czech side Viktoria Pilsen since 2006 but had seven months on loan to West Brom in 2008 without playing for the first-team.

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On Danek, Mowbray said: "I've seen enough of Michal to know he can forge a career for himself here, " he said.

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