Albion line-up midfielders
ALBION are set to make a bid for Charlton Athletic midfielder Zheng Zhi.
Baggies boss Tony Mowbray is keen to bring the China capta in to The Hawthorns, just days after missing out on his team-mate Madjid Bougherra.
Zheng, who has a work permit until 2010, is a versatile and technical player, who can play in defence, midfield and has even played up front.
But Zheng is more likely to be earmarked for the holding role in Albion's engine room.
The 27-year-old joined Charlton in 2007 for £2million from Chinese club Shandong Luneng.
Zheng has made 41 appearances for the Londoners, scoring nine goals, including one against Albion in last January's FA Cup third round clash.
Talks are still ongoing with Charlton although the matter was discussed at length earlier in the week when the Bougherra deal was being thrashed out.
Alan Pardew has been told he will need to sell this summer due to the Valley club entering their final season of parachute payments.
Zheng finished as runner-up to Matt Holland in Charlton's player of the year poll last season.
Meanwhile, the Baggies also intend to up their offer for Per Ciljan Skjelbred.
Rosenborg want a fee of around £3million for the midfielder, who is attracting interest from Newcastle, Blackburn, Spurs, Dutch giants Ajax and a number of Italian clubs.
The Norwegian club have already rejected Albion's undisclosed initial bid.
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