Corberan will be writing up a list of targets now, with these three players as top priorities for the Baggies.
Carlos Corberan’s Baggies are currently in seventh place in the second tier, just outside of the playoff slots, but they could be just two or three players away from being a team that can compete with the best in the championship and fight it out for promotion.
After winning three of their previous five games, Corberan’s team suffered their first loss since October 6 against Southampton last weekend. The Saints defeated them 2-1.
With the Baggies adamantly aiming for promotion, West Brom might use January as a chance to strengthen their squad and add additional quality, making them a more formidable opponent going forward.
Here are three dream players that would undoubtedly strengthen Corberan’s side in their pursuit of a return to the Premier League:
1 Callum Styles
The current Barnsley midfielder is in high demand, attracting interest from a whole host of Championship suitors, which include Coventry City, Watford, and Millwall, alongside West Brom, on top of Premier League relegation candidates Burnley and Sheffield United eyeing up the 23-year-old, allegedly.
Styles’ adaptability and versatility are standout traits from the Tykes midfielder’s game—adept at playing in a holding midfield role but also equally effective further up the pitch behind the forwards as an attacking outlet—which is why there is such a frenzied level of interest in the Hungary international.
Last season, with Millwall on loan, he also showed he was still cut out for the demands of second-tier football, making 22 appearances for the Lions and netting once.
West Brom do have strong personnel centrally already, with ex Chelsea man Nathaniel Chalobah and former Leeds United player Alex Mowatt just a few options at Corberan’s disposal, but Styles is still a target worth pursuing this January.
2 Ben Brereton Diaz
The Baggies could do with some firepower added to their ranks in attack, with Ben Brereton Diaz providing that clinical goalscoring edge in spades last time he was regularly playing in the Championship.
West Brom attacker Brandon Thomas-Asante has managed only five goals in 15 games, making him the only semi-potent striker in the squad currently.
The ex-Blackburn Rovers striker could well be loaned out of the building by Villarreal or sold outright amidst a slow start to life out in Spain—the 24-year-old has yet to score in La Liga from just two full starts after joining in the summer—with a Championship destination possibly on the cards to get the Chile international firing on all cylinders again.
In his final full season at Ewood Park, the ex-Rovers star would manage 14 goals in total before Villarreal came calling. Could Brereton-Diaz be tempted for a short-term return to England with West Brom?
3 Nesta Guinness-Walker
This third and final transfer shout might well not come in and instantly start for the Baggies, but Guinness-Walker is certainly one for the future at Reading to keep tabs on.
With the situation behind the scenes with the Royals tumultuous, to say the least, ownership issues resulting in points deductions for the League One team this season, leaving them submerged in a relegation dogfight, Guinness-Walker will be tempted to walk away from the club, with Reading willing to offload their young full-back for cheap too possibly.
Linked with the ex-AFC Wimbledon man in the summer, the left-back hasn’t quite performed this campaign for his current employers to the highest standards possible, but there’s potential for the 24-year-old to blossom into a capable defender for the Baggies if he is signed.
With a lack of competition present for Conor Townsend’s left-back spot at the Hawthorns currently too, Guinness-Walker could provide that friendly in-squad rivalry if signed.
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