When Carlos Corberan's West Brom lost in the Championship play-off semi-final to Southampton in May last year, sporting director Andrew Nestor had in his mind not only who needed to move on, but also who they needed to recruit over the course of the next three transfer windows.
The first did contain more misses than hits, however the departure of 11 senior players that summer created the need to fill the squad with bodies for pre-season, hence the arrivals of Gianluca Frabotta and Devante Cole.
Loan signings Uros Racic and Lewis Dobbin also failed to impress.