Albion will be confident they can make the most of extra options when they resume their Premier League season.

Top-flight clubs voted emphatically, though not unanimously, in favour of allowing five substitutions per team per match for the rest of the season.

Opposition was reported to come from the lower reaches of the table.

There was no comment from Albion last night.

But they are believed to have voted in favour of the change, which will also see up to nine subs named on the teamsheet rather than the current seven.

Teams will be allowed up to three opportunities to make substitutions, as is currently the case.

Head coach Graham Potter has enjoyed some success with tactical alterations during matches.

But, more importantly, the new dispensation potentially protects the welfare of players, allowing more scope to change personnel during a busy period and in hot weather.

The Bundesliga opted to increase to five substitutions when their action resumed recently and most teams are making full use of it.

Former Albion defender Uwe Huenemeier, now at Paderborn, was among those who said it was a wise move.

Clubs did not reach an agreement on a framework for cutting the season short should it be necessary at yesterday’s meeting.

It is understood they felt momentum is with Project Restart, with only a tiny percentage of individuals connected to the 20 clubs testing positive for coronavirus since clubs resumed training last month.

Government guidelines for a return to domestic competition state the need to have an agreed procedure in place to “modify, restrict, postpone or cancel the competition” before progressing to a return to action.

But the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is understood to be comfortable with the decision to wait before putting a curtailment plan in place.