ALAN PARDEW has whisked his players away to Spain for warm-weather training to help their bid for survival.
The Baggies boss believes the short trip away will help give the squad a boost and build team spirit for their vital final 11 Premier League games.
Albion will reportedly use Espanyol’s facilities when they arrive in Barcelona on Tuesday morning after their crunch clash with Chelsea tonight.
Pardew wants to use the time before their next fixture in the FA Cup against Southampton to try to improve the togetherness of the squad.
The Baggies have won just one match since Pardew took over in November and are in desperate need of results picking up.
Warm-weather training has been popular with many Premier League clubs as a way of helping focus the minds of their players for the run-in.
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Pardew is hopeful the camp will help the Baggies’ survival bid as they sit at the foot of the table and seven points off of safety.
He said: “At any point of the season, this would be an important period, but certainly where we are it is.
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“But our focus is very much on Chelsea, because if we can get a result there it can make up for the defeat against Southampton.
“There could be a seven-point gap but that’s hypothetical at this stage. At the moment it’s four. All I do know is at some point this team needs to win three games out of three or three games out of four.”
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