West Bromwich Albion's troubled season has been plunged into deeper crisis after four senior players allegedly hijacked a taxi during a drunken night out on the club’s mid-winter training camp in Barcelona.

Club captain Jonny Evans, Gareth Barry, Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill have all made a grovelling apology for the bizarre incident which has heaped fresh embarrassment on the Premier League’s bottom club.

It can be revealed that:

The four players stole the taxi from outside a McDonald’s restaurant in the early hours of Thursday morning

The quartet were out until 5.30am, breaking a midnight curfew imposed by head coach Alan Pardew earlier that day

Spanish police say they will be called to court to answer charges.

Pardew has now admitted he faces an uncertain future following the dismissal of chairman John Williams this week

Pardew was also robbed on Tuesday night, with thieves stealing his wallet and mobile phone

West Brom have launched an investigation into the incident, with the four players facing fines of two week’s wages, while Pardew’s decision to take his squad to Barcelona is now under closer scrutiny.

Pardew felt the warm-weather camp would have a galvanising effect on his struggling squad, with the club bottom of the table, but many sources have claimed the players were reluctant to go in the first place. One source even described the atmosphere as "rotten".