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Through the Tommy Glidden entrance, up two staircases and through one corridor.

And then the images become clear.

You walks towards the press room, passing an impressive collection of iconography saluting West Bromwich Albion legend Cyrille Regis.

Goal celebrations ahoy, arms raised, smiles, blurred and bruised defenders struggling in the background, an exhibition of flexed muscles clearly stifled by ill-fitting umbro kits of the late 1970s.

We’re next to the West Stand suite bearing the Regis name.

Regis was the last teenager to get anywhere near 10 goals for Albion during their time as a top flight club. Had Albion’s next game in early February 1978, against Newcastle, not been called off he might well have made double figures before he turned 20 on February 9.

Goal No10 arrived on February 22, against Derby in the next round of the FA Cup.

By then he had already scored on his debut in the League (vs Middlesbrough), in the League Cup (two goals against Rotherham) and in the FA Cup (Blackpool in the third round).

Those stats are now being challenged by the latest teenager to consistently score goals for Albion in the top flight.

Romelu Lukaku’s goal against Liverpool took the Belgian over the 10-goal barrier on Monday - over 11 starts and a further 13 appearances as sub. In doing so he became the youngest ‘foreign’ player to score 10 goals in the Premier League, beating Nicolas Anelka’s record by some 10 weeks.

Regis met Lukaku after the Aston Villa derby recently.

The Albion legend was impressed.

Lukaku, according to Regis, must strive to become the main man at The Hawthorns.

Progress, evolution, is essential. Regis feels Albion’s No20 has to force the issue some more.

Being a super-sub isn’t for players who cost their parent club some £18million. This season he can just about get away with it. But Lukaku must aim to be the main man - whether it’s with Albion or his parent club Chelsea.

Regis said: “He’s certainly made an impact. On that goalscoring record I’d take him back next season - of course I would.

“But for me there is still work to be done. It’s great he’s coming on and scoring goals yet a player like that doesn’t want to become known as just a game-changer.

“He has to be thinking ‘I have to get more starts where I can dominate games’. He’s proven he can come on for the last 30 minutes when the expectation levels are different.

“But he needs to force his way into a position where he starts more games. He needs to take coaching on board - which I’m sure he will.

“When I came through there was no coaching as such so the term ‘raw’ was very apt for me.

“I was basically training with very talented team-mates who were telling me what to do and I just grew into the team.

“These days players are coached but I can see the dilemma Steve Clarke or any manager would have.

“You have a 19-year-old, he’s on loan and you want to think about more senior strikers who have cost big money, like Shane Long or Peter Odemwingie for instance.

“But Lukaku clearly has the ability to force his way in. It’s about competition in football and if he is to make it at Chelsea he’ll need to really take his opportunities and nail down a place in that side.

“It’s all about team politics. Clarke plays with one striker sometimes - that makes it tougher. But it’s part of what Lukaku needs to overcome.

“Players, coaches, they’re all part of it. But the great thing is Lukaku is happy to be at West Brom and that is only a win-win situation for the club if he is allowed to return.”

Regis claims his own personal peak came before he reached his 30th birthday.

He hopes Lukaku will return next season but he accepts the situation is out of Albion’s hands.

“Lukaku isn’t in charge of his situation - nor are West Brom,” he continued.

“The (Chelsea) manager and circumstances can change.

“What will a new manager want, what happens if they fail to make the top four? Will they be able to attract certain players?

“The good thing is he wants to stay - that’s to Albion’s credit.

“The way he took the goal against Liverpool on Monday was exceptional. He’s on form.

“He’s big, he’s powerful, he’s quick, dynamic and building up his experience with every game. There is a fear factor about him because of his size and power.”

Regis continued: “I met Romelu after the Aston Villa game and he seems very grounded and clearly he’s someone who wants to maximise his potential.

“If you’ve had a level of success you don’t want to give it up. At the moment West Brom meet all of his needs. But the one thing you need if you’re going to reach the very top is a propensity to grow 10-15 per cent every season as a footballer.

“Look at Ishmael Miller when he first came into the West Brom team - unfortunately he developed injuries and it held him back. He came with great potential but it was never fully fulfilled with West Brom.

“On the other hand, Demba Ba couldn’t get a move to Watford a few years ago - now he’s at Chelsea and one of the best strikers around.

“If you can grow by that extra percentage every year then you can become a great player.

“My game evolved but the peak of my strength, character, and, crucially, consistency came when I was 29-years-old when I won the FA Cup with Coventry in 1987.

“I had my best season in terms of goals in 1981-82 but I peaked five years later. Romelu Lukaku has that basis to build on. The challenge for him is to keep bettering himself.”