Carlos Corberan outlines preferred position for West Brom's ‘electric’ Grady Diangana
Albion attacker Grady Diangana has had to show patience this season in his wait for a starting role.
Diangana has been limited to just five cameo appearances this term and was still waiting for a first start of the campaign prior to last night’s visit of Middlesbrough.
His chances of that first start were dealt a blow this week after Carlos Corberan confirmed the winger had injured a shoulder for the second time this season – though the other shoulder to previous – at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday and missed out of the defeat to Middlesbrough. Diangana is a doubt for Saturday's clash against Millwall.
The 26-year-old, a DR Congo international, has been an Albion regular since his loan in 2019/20, which was subsequently made permanent. Until the midpoint of last season Diangana was known as a typical winger. It was very rare the former West Ham youngster was not used on either flank.
From the second half of last season, though, with John Swift injured, Diangana found himself as Albion’s central playmaker, in the ‘No.10’ role behind a striker. Diangana excelled in the position and was one of Corberan’s star men in the run to the play-offs.
