West Bromwich Albion could yet make a permanent move for Grady Diangana if they are promoted to the Premier League.
Celtic, Rangers and Ajax have all been linked with Diangana, with reports suggesting he could fetch as much as £20m.
The player himself is said to be concerned about a lack of guaranteed playing time if he returns to West Ham and could force another move.
Former Baggies player Kevin Phillips has suggested it’s a move that could benefit all parties.
“In the Premier League, would I see him playing regularly for West Ham? Probably not,” Phillips told West Brom news.
“I’m sure that if they go up, West Brom would like to secure his services and I’m pretty sure the player would like to stay at West Brom and play for them in the Premier League.
“I’d like to see him in a Baggies shirt next season if they’re in the Premier League.”
Claret and Hugh say:
There is no doubting Diangana’s talent and how much he has improved since his regular action for the Championship side but he may find it difficult to hold down a regular starting place in David Moyes’s team next season. It may come down to him personally and whether he wants to fight for a first-team place like Declan Rice did or whether he would prefer to stay with West Brom and get a regular start under Slaven Bilic.
Agree that he may struggle to hold a place down, Josh Cullen the same, they are very good players but it may be that they need to leave to become the players they could be as chances could be limited. Holland is one of the best youth players we have had in a long time and he can’t at present get close to a first team slot, which I guess hows just how much of a jump it is. If WBA were willing to go to 15 – 20m for him, could be a good deal for all parties.
This must *NOT* be allowed to happen. Grady would walk into our team!! He’s performed miles better than Anderson, Yarmelenko, Lanzini, etc this season!
Next season our 2 wingers should be Bowen and Diangana. We can sell the others to fund a new defence!
Fornals has been covering for Anderson, but don’t think fornals is a Natural winger. Diangana is a natural winger and probably the natural understudy to Anderson. Personally I would sell Anderson for all we can get from him and give the left wing spot to Diangana. I would then bring in another extremely promising young left winger as back up to Diangana.