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According to Football London, Sam Bryam is one of the main candidates to reunite with ex-West Ham boss Slaven Bilic at West Brom this summer.

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At the moment Allan Nyom is the only senior right back that Albion have available to them.

After signing Mason Holgate on loan from Everton in the winter transfer window he's now returned to his parent club which has left the Baggies looking stretched defensively.

As a result, it's not a surprise to see West Brom in the market for someone to bolster that area of the pitch.

The Midlands outfit have already been linked with one Bilic reunion after Albion joined the race for Reece Oxford but now Byram is being touted as another possible Hammers man to make the switch.

Football London suggests he is one of the leading candidates to link up again with West Brom's new manager.

Injury troubles

Byram was a class above for Leeds and therefore a move to Premier League West Ham was fully deserved.

In the Championship, the full-back established himself as one of the most promising in the division but his move to east London hasn't gone entirely to plan.

The 25-year-old, who is rated at £3.15m per Transfermarkt, joined the Irons in January 2016 but has only made 36 appearances in three years.

The defender has endured an injury nightmare and since signing for the club has missed 587 days through injury including during his loan spell at Nottingham Forest. That accounts for a total of 78 matches that the player has been absent from after picking up various different issues.

His first three injuries were all muscle problems before an ankle injury kept him out from March 2018 until August of the same year.

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A loan spell with Nottingham Forest presented him with a chance of rejuvenating his career but that took a huge setback as he missed almost the entirety of last season after undergoing knee surgery.

It's pretty evident that Byram is an injury prone player and therefore West Brom would be taking a massive risk in adding him to their ranks.

Given their lack of defensive depth, signing someone with a better fitness record will be key. This is a reunion that Bilic simply has to forget about.