Jordan Hugill update & his role at West Brom after Daryl Dike injury news

Daryl Dike’s injury news doesn’t change Jordan Hugill’s situation at West Brom, boss Valerien Ismael has explained.

Dike arrived at the beginning of this month and upon being named in the first-team squad for the first time, it coincided with Hugill being omitted.

Ismael and Hugill had held talks to determine what the Norwich loanee’s role would look like going forward; in short, that role wouldn’t involve much.

Hugill is free to find himself another club on loan because even with Dike out for the next couple of months, Ismael and Albion are looking for a short-term replacement rather than reintegrate Hugill back into their squad.

The Canaries, too, have confirmed they won’t be recalling him so the ball is in the court of Albion and the striker’s agent to see if they can seek a solution to the situation.

“No, it doesn’t change the situation,” Ismael confirmed, when asked him about Hugill. “The discussion I had with Jordan, we spoke about an overview of all the situations.

“His own expectation, our own expectation. It doesn’t anything in our thoughts.”

Norwich loans manager Andrew Hughes has also spoken out this week on Hugill’s involvement - or lack of in recent weeks - at The Hawthorns and he was honest in his assessment.

Hughes also confirmed that Hugill won’t be back at Carrow Road until the end of the season at the earliest, so it’s up to him to try and force himself back into Ismael’s thoughts - which at this moment looks improbable - or to find a new suitor in the Championship.

“Jordan is not getting the minutes,” Hughes said to the Pink Un. “He is an asset to us and we do care about him but I think it’s just a waiting game in terms of his agent and West Brom to see what comes, but if Jordan has to stay