Exclusive: Guided by Ancelotti, Lampard and Mowbray, West Brom's Isaac Price Eyes Premier League Stage

Hot prospect Isaac Price is targeting one final push to realise his Premier League dream.

The highly-rated midfielder has impressed for promotion-chasing West Brom this season.

And with just four games left in the Championship season, the budding Northern Ireland international hopes the Baggies can impress to secure a coveted play-off place.

Tony Mowbray’s side sit just one place outside the play-off places, with sixth-placed Coventry City having a game in hand.

But former Everton graduate Price knows a couple more wins could fire the ambitious Midlands club into the play-off mix.

At just 21 years old, Price can’t quite believe how far he has come in his so far blossoming career.

“I’ve been pretty lucky to be fair, my first boss at Everton was Carlo Ancelotti. There wasn’t a better place to start [my career],” Price told SportsBoom.com. 

“After that I had Frank Lampard, he was my manager for a year and a half, that was a great learning experience for me."

“He’s obviously one of the best midfielders to play the game, so to learn off him was great."

“And the club had some really top players. I trained with the likes of James Rodriquez, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Richarlison, some of the top players in the world."

“To train with those quality of players every day was massive for me, I learnt a lot from them.”

LAMPARD LOVE

As a midfielder it’s perhaps unsurprising Price was delighted when experienced former England international Lampard took over the managerial reigns when Italian Ancelotti departed.

“It was huge training with Frank Lampard, as soon as he came into the club I was buzzing,” added Price.

“I was in and around the first team before he came in – and then when he came in I knew that it was going to be a really good chance to learn a lot and try and question him as much as I can to get as much out of him to build my game and get better.”

Price spent the first half of the season on loan at Standard Leige, the most successful club in Belgium.

He impressed that much that the Baggies recalled him in the January transfer window – and he’s been an ever-present in the first team ever since with 11 appearances under his belt, as well as two for his country in international friendlies against Switzerland and Sweden respectively.

Just shy of his return former boss Carlos Corberan upped and left to take over Valencia, with the Baggies opting for experience in Mowbray as the Spaniard’s replacement.

Mowbray developed current Man Utd star Amad Diallo at previous club Sunderland, as well as Liverpool star Harvey Elliott when in charge of Blackburn.

“I was excited as soon as he [Mowbray] came in,” reflected Price, who bagged his debut Baggies goal in a 1-1 home draw with Hull last month.

He followed up that goal with a goal in each international fixture, demonstrating once again he can shine at the top level.

“You can see from his previous jobs how well he has done, especially with young players."

“He’s developed a lot of good young players and given them an opportunity to go and play regular first team football."

“He’s given the confidence to go and kick on, which is something he’s done with me."

“I’m grateful for that, so hopefully we can keep working and getting better.”