Greening wants to emulate Reading

Albion captain Jonathan Greening has stepped up the countdown to the Premier League by claiming the Baggies can shock the division by "doing a Reading."

Greening joined fellow top-flight skippers at the Premier League's official launch event in London, as the build-up to Saturday's big kick-off intensified.

The Championship-winning captain sounded a bullish note as he looked ahead to the Baggies' return to the top flight.

He said: "We don't want to be fighting relegation all year. It was like that the last two times we were in there.

"I think the gaffer wants to push on now and get the right players in to give more strength in depth to the squad.

"There are still a few weeks left of the transfer window and he will be doing all he can to try to get players in.

"The main thing for us is to work hard on the training ground and keep the team spirit that we had last season.

"I think that will go a long way this year to helping us do really well in the league. Hopefully we can do what Reading did when they went up.

"They had a really good season and finished seventh or eighth. If we can do that it would be a fantastic achievement."