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West Brom players tell new teammate Brown Ideye: We'll call you 'Rab'!

West Bromwich Albion teammates are already thinking about new signing Brown Ideye's nickname.

Gareth McAuley wrote on the WBA website:

"We saw a tweet from Brown Ideye, who joined from Dynamo Kiev on Friday, stating he wants to be known here as 'Bobby'.

"Dozza [Graham Dorrans] caused much amusement when he suggested Bobby should be shortened to the Scottish version of Robert…so Brown's been christened 'Rab'!

"That works for me. We intellectually-challenged footballers always shorten names…as they're easier to remember!

"Joking aside, it's big news when a club breaks their transfer record and we're looking forward to working with Brown when we return to the UK."

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