One week after Eric Ramsay was connected to the opening at French club Strasbourg, the current Minnesota United head coach has been linked to the vacancy at West Bromwich Albion.

Sky Sports reported Thursday that West Brom is in talks over the possibility Ramsay becomes the new manager of the English club in the second-tier championship.

Ramsay was a candidate to become West Brom’s head coach last summer when Ryan Mason got the job. Mason was fired this week after WBA went on a losing streak to sink to only a few points above the relegation spots.

Ramsay is under contract with the Loons for the upcoming 2026 season, and MNUFC would likely call for compensation if Ramsay were to leave.

The timing is inopportune. Loons players report to training camp in Blaine this weekend and the first training session is scheduled for Monday. Ramsay would be expected to arrive then, too. United’s first regular-season game is Feb. 21 at Austin FC.

Ramsay has taken MNUFC to the Western Conference semifinals in his two seasons in charge of the club. The Loons also made it to the semis of the U.S. Open Cup last summer.

The low-spending Loons set a club record for points in a season in 2025. United went 16-8-10, 58 points, in 34 games to finish fourth in the West last summer.

Ramsay, 34, joined Minnesota in March 2024 as the youngest head coach in MLS. A move for the Welshman back to the U.K. could be seen as a sign he believes he’s taken the Loons as far as he can.

Minnesota United has experienced huge turnover this offseason: MLS goalkeeper of the year, Dayne St. Clair, signing with Inter Miami; the club’s MLS-era leading scorer, Robin Lod, has gone off to Chicago Fire; and longtime midfielder Hassani Dotson joined Seattle Sounders. And amid MNUFC’s strong season in 2025, the club sold leading scorer Tani Oluwaseyi to Villarreal in Spain’s La Liga.

On Jan. 1, Ramsay was credibly connected to Strasbourg, which is in France’s Ligue 1, with Gary O’Neil receiving that job.