Dike, O'Shea and West Brom's strongest XI after the transfer window

It was two in, two out across the course of the transfer window at West Bromwich Albion.

There was no late flurry of activity. The revolving door at the entrance of the club’s training ground wasn’t in motion as it has been on so many deadline days in recent years.

Well, not unless you count a couple of loan deals for youngsters and the release of experienced midfielder Robert Snodgrass, who for quite a while now it’s become apparent he had no future at the club under Valerien Ismael.

The two incoming deals were like dominoes, too - one, Andy Carroll, wouldn’t have arrived without the misfortune and injury suffered by the other, Daryl Dike.

The Baggies will be able to welcome back first-choice centre half Dara O’Shea to the first-team, too, after he successfully made his long awaited return from injury last week in the club’s under 23s fixture at Blues.

Dike, unfortunately, will still be quite a while. The hamstring injury he sustained on his first start for the club has set him back around two months. The trip to Blues in April, after the March international break, could be the date of his return.

For many, Snodgrass would’ve been more involved in the first team over the course of these last months, so it’s a combination of injuries and transfer decisions which have hampered Albion’s first team.

What would Albion’s strongest XI be, though, when everyone is fit and available?

Sam Johnstone. David Button has performed pretty well in recent weeks in Johnstone’s absence but, despite what might’ve been said between the England international and Ismael, Albion’s number one needs to be playing.

It’s pretty simple.

Albion are resigned to losing Johnstone in the summer when his four-year contract expires, but he has