Big relief: West Brom dodged a huge transfer bullet over £48k-p/w "Rolls-Royce" - opinion

West Brom have seen numerous players coming to the club on a temporary basis to spend some time at The Hawthorns and offer something to the team in the short-term.

One player who made such a move to the club but didn’t have a particularly memorable or successful time in an Albion shirt is Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

The Baggies signed the midfielder, who is currently picking up £48k-per-week according to Salary Sport, on loan from Arsenal in the January 2021 transfer window until the end of the 2020/21 campaign.

During his time at the club, the 24-year-old made 15 league appearances for the Baggies but failed to score or set up a goal, ultimately earning himself an underwhelming overall performance rating of 6.48/10 from WhoScored.

Since leaving The Hawthorns at the end of last season, the midfielder started just two Premier League games for Arsenal before joining AS Roma on loan in January, having taken to Instagram to try and force his way out of the north London club.

Similarly to his stint with the Baggies, the player failed to provide any goal contributions for Mikel Arteta’s side at the start of the season or deliver a performance which made him worthy of staying at the north London club, with WhoScored giving him an overall performance rating of 6.35/10 for his eight league appearances.

Despite eventually getting his desired move away from Arsenal, things haven’t gone to plan for the Englishman in Rome as of yet, having only made six Serie A appearances and once again failing to score or set up a goal for Jose Mourinho’s side.

Having once been described as a “Rolls-Royce” of a player by former Arsenal defender Martin Keown, it seems as though Maitland-Niles has definitely not lived up to that title over the past year