You know it's not ideal when the managing director and the newly titled head of football operations are both having to individually address the rather bleak state of play ahead of summer transfer window. That was the case last week, though, when West Bromwich Albion's board reshuffle was confirmed, and both Mark Miles and Ian Pearce discussed the fact that players will be leaving this summer.

Admittedly, Albion aren't blessed with expensive assets. There are no obvious players who you'd say are immediately worth £20million-plus. Players have arrived at the club for significant amounts of money, but many of those players values have deteriorated after relegation and a failure to secure a return to the Premier League.

That's not to say that there aren't a number of players who would fetch a few quid, money which Albion would need to make go a long way in their own recruitment plans. Carlos Corberan, along with Pearce, will work now with the window open to alter the appearance of the squad heading into the new campaign and while Corberan would like to trim the fringes around the squad, first-team personnel will inevitably move on too.

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Goalkeepers

Both first and second choice keepers are academy products and who were among Albion's better performing players, for their parts, last season. Alex Palmer's long-term future is secured, while Josh Griffiths - away with the England under 21s for the Euros this summer - has international pedigree.

Defence

Captain Dara O'Shea, an Ireland international, could be among Albion's biggest assets. Another academy product, he has been unfortunate with serious injuries but has recovered very well on both occasions. Still only 24, you'd think his best is yet to come. If Nathan Collins, of a similar profile, moved to Wolves for £20m last summer, O'Shea would surely be worth at least a portion of that.

Then there is Semi Ajayi, whose agility and pace is an attractive trait in a centre half, while full-backs Darnell Furlong and Conor Townsend - the latter who wore the armband at the end of the season - are other players with plenty of Championship experience.

Midfield

The duo who Albion built their season around must be considered assets. Acquiring Okay Yokuslu and Jayson Molumby cost less than £1m in transfer fees combined and they'd surely be worth a fair bit more than that now. Indeed in Molumby's case, the money Albion paid to sign him permanently now looks a good deal indeed.

Elsewhere, Taylor Gardner-Hickman is yet another academy player who showed flashes last season of his quality without doing so consistently.

Attackers

Daryl Dike's injury record - we won't see him again until 2024 - will work against him and Albion and his current set-back all but rules him out of a summer sale. John Swift is only 27 and his stats, even if he himself wanted to better his goals and assists columns, were impressive last season - certainly when it came to chance creation.

Grady Diangana has been enigmatic for some time now, and his campaign last year ended in injury. When the winger was good last year, he was often Albion's man of the match, but too often in recent years he's flattered to deceive and Albion can't hope to regain the money paid to West Ham.

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