Carlos Corberan issues four West Brom injury updates ahead of QPR season opener

West Bromwich Albion could be without four players for next weekend’s Championship season opener away at Queens Park Rangers.

Carlos Corberan provided a comprehensive injury update after the Baggies’ 4-1 defeat away at Birmingham City on Saturday, revealing a host of ongoing fitness battles. Torbjorn Heggem and Ousmane Diakite were handed their first starts but fellow signings Devante Cole and Paddy McNair were made to wait, for instance.

Explaining the current outlook, Corberan said: “We bring in this week Cole to the club. He’s a player who didn’t make pre-season because he was free in the market after Barnsley, he didn’t have a club. He’s started pre-season four weeks later than the group, that’s why he couldn’t play minutes today.

“McNair that is something a little bit similar. He arrived at the club before but he has a small pain in the knee that doesn’t allow him to train regularly. He couldn’t train in the last two days, that’s why he couldn’t have the first minutes today.

“Wallace had a problem at the beginning of pre-season in the adductors that didn’t allow him to make the normal programme. Then, two days ago, he felt a pain in the calf. He’s going to have a scan and we will know the result of the scan in the next days.

“The other player injured was Grady Diangana. He arrived to the club after he was in the international break and he had an injury in the calf. With this injury, the first day he tried to see how he felt and he then felt more pain than before. The scan showed he had an injury that moves him out of the group for six-to-eight weeks.”

Albion will definitely have to make do without Diangana, Cole and McNair away at QPR, then, while there’s a nervous wait for Wallace. Corberan will be hoping to get through next week’s season opener without any further issues.