West Brom enduring Grady Diangana nightmare

West Bromwich Albion are a membership in cruise management for the time being, with Carlos Corberan their man to thank.

Having taken over from the depressing tenure of Steve Bruce, wherein he threatened to tug them right into a relegation battle, the Spaniard has now renewed hopes of a Premier League return.

Will Diangana flip issues round?

Throughout the Hawthorns there may be little to be sad about. They’re revitalised, and despite murmurs relating to Corberan’s future, they’ve little trigger for unrest.

That’s, other than the continued underperformance of Grady Diangana, who’s certainly one of few but to be reignited underneath the brand new regime.

The 24-year-old first joined the Midlands outfit on an preliminary mortgage deal, the place his glowing performances made him a must-buy. He scored eight occasions and assisted an extra seven as they earned promotion from the Championship, and spurred the Baggies to unload £18m to safe his signing from West Ham United.

What made him much more spectacular is that he was famous as “struggling” in a single match by journalist Joe Chapman again in 2019, within the midst of his fruitful marketing campaign. With how he has gone on to play, it goes far past the ‘struggles’ of 4 years in the past.

There was unrest amongst many on the Hammers for sanctioning such a departure, with Mark Noble even tweeting: “As captain of this soccer membership I’m gutted, indignant and unhappy that Grady has left, nice child with an important future!!!!!”

He was clearly extremely considered, however since that yr he has by no means actually recaptured any semblance of the shape that triggered such furore at his sale.

Simply one league purpose the season following noticed them earn on the spot relegation from the highest flight, and he’s since but to surpass four league objectives within the different two campaigns within the Championship too.

As such, his valuation has deservedly plummeted, leaving West Brom rethinking their determination to spend a club-record payment on the toothless winger.

Transfermarkt have mapped this drop in score, which has steadied at an abysmal €6m (£5.3m) as of October 2022. This marks a pointy 70% downturn throughout simply two years since his big-money transfer.

Given his youth, there may be nonetheless loads of time to show this round and make his price ticket worthwhile, and Corberan is able to such a feat.

His successful purpose on the weekend over Coventry Metropolis might show a turning level, as he notched what was simply his second purpose in 16 league appearances.

Diangana is in determined want of a confidence enhance to assist him recapture the swagger that spurred on his high performances. There can be hope that he can now kick on and assist add to an already thrilling season for West Brom.