West Brom: Corberan dealt Grant injury blow

West Bromwich Albion have been dealt a giant damage blow forward of their FA Cup replay towards Chesterfield on Tuesday night time, with striker Karlan Grant dominated out.

Carlos Corberan’s facet narrowly averted an enormous cup upset within the third-round fixture on the Approach Stadium earlier this month, with Brandon Thomas-Asante’s late equaliser which means the 2 sides will face off once more on the Hawthorns this night.

The Baggies will already be with out the previous Salford Metropolis striker after he picked up a retrospective three-match ban for violent conduct within the preliminary fixture towards the Spireites.

With the in-form Daryl Dike prone to be rested on account of his long-standing injury issues, Corberan would have hoped to have known as upon Grant, who has struggled for recreation time within the Championship this season however starred towards the Nationwide League outfit, providing a objective and an help within the 3-3 draw.

Nonetheless, it has now been confirmed that the previous Huddersfield man will miss the sport after choosing up a quad damage, which is horrible timing for Corberan given the shortage of different strikers obtainable, and signifies that he could possibly be pressured to name upon a few of West Brom’s academy forwards as he appears to keep away from an enormous upset towards the non-league facet.

Though Grant has managed only one Championship begin beneath Corberan and has solely scored thrice within the second tier this season, he can nonetheless be a harmful ahead on his day and his efficiency towards Chesterfield emphasised that he’s nonetheless keen to place a shift in, even towards non-league opposition.

Due to this fact, Tuesday night time would have represented one other glorious probability for him to indicate Corberan what he can do, with the Baggies’ depth in assault prone to be important to any promotion push this season.

Grant has confirmed himself to be a “valuable” participant for West Brom – within the phrases of pundit Colin Murray – prior to now, notching 18 targets and 6 assists final season.

Due to this fact, it’s undoubtedly a giant blow for Corberan that the £15m frontman gained’t be obtainable for the sport towards Chesterfield and the Spanish supervisor will certainly be hoping that he’s again to full health as quickly as doable, as he may nonetheless have a giant position to play in supporting and competing with Dike and Thomas-Asante this season.