The 22-year-old England International, who was on loan last season with Aston Villa and played 35 games.

Carson has signed a four-year-deal for £3.25million. With the club having the option of adding another year to the deal.

His arrival takes the Baggies' summer spending on transfers to an initial £13.75million after the signings of Roman Bednar, Luke Moore, Do-heon Kim, Graham Dorrans, Gianni Zuiverloon and Marek Cech.

"Scott is a young keeper who has achieved a lot in a short space of time," said manager Tony Mowbray.
"I think he's been looking for some stability in his career after spending a lot of his time as a Liverpool player out on loan at other clubs."

"Scott is one of a group of very talented, emerging, young English goalkeepers. Hopefully, we can provide him with a platform to push his career onwards and upwards."

The £3.25m fee marks a major reduction in the player's asking price, with Liverpool previously holding out for around £10m, a fee that saw Villa cool their interest in the player. Carson had also been linked with Blackburn Rovers, with their keeper Brad Friedel reportedly a target for Villa.