After falling short in the Championship playoff semi-finals last season, West Bromwich Albion are looking to bolster Carlos Corberan’s squad as they aim to go one better in the upcoming campaign.
After last summer saw their transfer activity limited by financial sanctions, West Brom can finally put their ownership struggles behind them and splash the cash this summer.
The Baggies have already managed to get a couple of deals over the line with their first signing of the summer coming in the form of midfielder Ousmane Diakite. The 23-year-old was most recently at Austrian Bundesliga side TSV Hartberg and joins the club on a two-year deal with an option for a further twelve months.
West Brom’s second arrival of the summer was Norwegian defender Torbjorn Heggem who joins the West Midlands outfit in a move from Swedish topflight side Brommapojkarna. The Baggies have also been reportedly linked with a move for Huddersfield Town star Sorba Thomas who played under Coberan during the Spaniard’s tenure with the Terriers.
With the Baggies lining up a number of new arrivals, it appears that players could also depart the club this summer. Two candidates who have been linked with an exit from The Hawthorns are midfielders John Swift and Okay Yokuslu. The former has been linked with a move to Middlesbrough whilst the latter has attracted interest from both Hull City and clubs in his native Turkey.
As Corberan’s current midfield stars attract interest from other clubs, West Brom are already looking towards who they can bring in to replace them.
If Yokuslu and Swift are to depart this summer, it appears that Oxford United’s Cameron Brannagan is a likely candidate to fill the void in the middle of the park. That’s according to the X account of Football Insider’s Pete O’Rourke who claims that West Brom and Blackburn are both plotting moves for the midfielder, who is in the final year of his contract at the Kassam Stadium.
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