00:00Koxi, another face we've seen appearing on pre-season pictures is Carlin Grant, someone
00:14who spent last season out on loan at Cardiff. He comes back, he's still got two years left
00:18on his Albion deal, he's back in the Albion squad for training this summer. Can you see
00:27him being reintegrated back into Carlos Corbijn's plans, or is it likely he might depart on
00:35another loan?
00:38In honesty, no, Jonny. That's coming from a bit of information of what we've gathered,
00:45what we understand and just how I see it really. Don't get me wrong, look at Albion's squad
00:52at the moment as we speak, in terms of certainly senior options. Corbijn sees Carlin Grant
00:58as a left-sided forward, basically a left winger, not a natural winger obviously, but
01:03a left-sided attacker to play, left of a 4-2-3-1 or maybe even 4-3-3. Beyond Grant and Grady
01:11de Angana, who last season played centrally, so does Corbijn see him more as a number 10?
01:17Beyond Grant and Grady, who is that at the minute? No-one. I do think that left attacking
01:22role will be pretty high, be it a versatile winger who can go either side, but will be
01:27high on Corbijn's wishlist and shopping list at the moment. I do think that's where he'll
01:31be looking, because it's fairly threadbare. That aside, I see Grant going out again, I
01:37don't see a sale. Albion's still paying Huddersfield towards the hefty fee he cost, what, 2020
01:45was it, four years ago? Four years, staggered payments into the six. Those kinds of financial
01:54reasons was why he took the loan to Cardiff last season. Obviously, the bulk of Carlin
01:59Grant's wages last season were paid by Cardiff. He did pretty well in South Wales, I think
02:04by all accounts. Didn't score masses, but seemed to feature pretty regularly. I think
02:08he played 30-odd times and was a pretty consistent member of the squad there in South Wales.
02:14So, again, Carlin Grant, a decent age profile, probably as suit as you would suspect. In
02:22terms of clubs, looking to take a player of his profile on loan for the season again,
02:27I would think. Look, I say he didn't score too many for Cardiff last season, but did
02:32enough obviously to be a regular fixture there. So, I think clubs will sort of heed that and
02:37have a look. I don't see, even if the market doesn't quite go Albion's way and a couple
02:42of wide targets don't quite land for whatever reason, I just don't, not sure I see Grant
02:48as part of the squad. I'm not, I just can't see it really. So, I realise there'll be those
02:54watching this probably think, well, you know, with light on finances, light on bodies, can
03:01he be an option? Can he be reintegrated? But I just, I just can't see that for one reason
03:08or another. So, I think it will bolster and boost Albion Coffers and what they may be
03:13able to do in the market, in possibly other positions within the squad. When Grant's,
03:19a move, a club for Grant is found and those wages can be saved. I think, I think Corbyn
03:25wants to add more players into his squad that are his, you know, that are picked by him,
03:29that are his sort of players, his sort of methods and the savings on Grant's wages loan,
03:36will be able to do that, might lead to the wages spent on another loan player that comes
03:41in for similar money, maybe even two, you know, if they're younger players who are a
03:44little bit cheaper. So, I think it can be well spent and that's a massive part of Albion's
03:48business this summer. So, yeah, I don't see it with Grant. Look, he might be involved
03:52in the behind closed doors friendlies if a loan doesn't happen that early and yeah, hopefully
03:57he can do all right and score a goal or two and sort of boost that profile. We'll see,
04:02we'll see what, what kind of club sort of come in for Grant. If it's not from the Championship
04:07then, you know, perhaps overseas. I don't know if I can see that, but wouldn't be the
04:13biggest shock in the world, I don't think. I don't see him dropping down to League One.
04:16I know there are a couple of big hitters, you're Birmingham and Huddersfield at that
04:19level who are spending a bit for the third tier, but yeah, I suspect there'll be, there'll
04:24be Championship interest in a loan for him.
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