Samuel Iling-Junior: The West Brom loanee once courted by the biggest clubs in Europe

The 21-year-old comes in as a replacement for Tom Fellows - following the winger's £10m departure to Southampton last week.

Iling-Junior will be no stranger to some, having appeared for England under 21s at The Hawthorns in their clash against Portugal earlier this year.

But his career path has been slightly different to some young English prospects.

Chelsea to Juventus and the Champions League

Born in London to Congolese parents, the winger was snapped up as an eight year old by Chelsea and would spent nine years at Stamford Bridge.

At the age of just 16, he was promoted to the club's under 19 side.

However, some of Europe's best clubs were already beginning to circle around the highly rated England winger.

He turned down a scholarship with Chelsea - and with PSG, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Juventus all wanting to take the wide man to Europe - he opted for the latter and penned a three year contract.

He made his way through the under 23 ranks - and moved into the Juventus 'Next Gen' side - basically Juventus' second string who feature in the third tier of Italian football.

Quickly he was on the first team radar and in October 2022 he was handed his Serie A debut, quickly followed by his Champions League debut in which he picked up an assist just minutes after coming on.

He was handed a new contract - and in May 2023 he netted his first Serie A goal in a 2-0 win over Atalanta.

Last summer he departed for Aston Villa - in a deal that involved Villa signing two players and selling Douglas Luiz to the Italian side.

But he was quickly back in Italy, enjoying a successful loan spell with Bologna before moving to Middlesbrough in January for his first real taste of European football.

Used as a winger throughout his career, he was a make shift left back for the Riverside club in the final months of the campaign.