Olsson's form for the Baggies has earned him his first Swedish cap

West Brom centre-back Jonas Olsson feels the club's recent loan signings had given their promotion push extra impetus and experience.

Gabriel Tamas, Ben Watson and Stephen Reid have all become regular starters during the Championship run-in.

"Ben and Reidy and Gabby have been really professional coming in, putting their bodies on the line every game," Olsson, 27, told BBC WM.

"We are happy to have them. Hopefully, we will have them next year as well."

The Baggies are on the brink of returning to the Premier League at the first attempt, holding a nine-point advantage over third-placed Nottingham Forest with only six games remaining.

We have to make sure that we're not going to trip over the finish line Jonas Olsson

The Easter programme sees Leicester City come to the Hawthorns on Good Friday, followed by a trip to relegation-threatened Watford on Easter Monday.

"Our biggest threat for promotion is thinking that everything's been achieved," Olsson noted. "Nothing has been finalised yet so we need to just focus on one game at a time, starting Friday against Leicester.

"We're in a great position. It's important that we keep putting effort in like we have been doing over the past few weeks.

"We have to make sure that our fighting for eight months isn't going to be in vain and that we're not going to trip over the finish line."

Swedish international Olsson also stressed that he would be delighted if the club take up their option to sign his central defensive partner Tamas on a permanent deal from Auxerre.

Meanwhile, veteran goalkeeper Dean Kiely, 39, has signed a new one-year playing contract with the club and has taken over full time as the Baggies' goalkeeping coach.

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