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For Slaven Bilic, he could well be wondering why on earth he decided to take the hot seat at West Bromwich Albion.

Upon arrival, the Croatian expressed his excitement at the challenge of managing in the Championship but the harsh realities of the division may well be setting in.

At the start of July, Mark Jenkins revealed that the Baggies would have a competitive budget to spend but beyond his remarks, there haven't been too many signs of putting that money where his mouth is.

West Brom have reportedly had an £8m bid for Cardiff forward Kenneth Zohore accepted, however, despite that, Bilic is still left with a major problem.

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During West Brom's 3-0 defeat against Villarreal last weekend, Albion played with two strikers.

With a lack of genuine forwards among their ranks after the departure of Dwight Gayle and Jay Rodriguez, they were left having to play Oliver Burke and Matt Phillips in those areas.

It was a strange call from the Croat but he didn't exactly have much choice.

Therefore, it was arguably even stranger that after the game he explained that he wanted to play with two up top over the course of the upcoming season.

But with West Brom failing to dip their toes into the market, only signing Filip Krovinovic on loan, Bilic is in real danger of not being able to test this system out.

Already, he is facing a huge task in being able to have a new strike force ready for the new campaign and after their two main goal scorers left, this is arguably one of the biggest priorities.

The addition of Zohore, if it goes through will be beneficial but ultimately, this summer has been a struggle. The fact Bilic can't even practise the system he wants to deploy efficiently rather sums up their naivety in recent windows too.

Their business has been poor and after those on loan departed it feels like they're down to the bare bones.

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At present, Hal Robson-Kanu is their only recognised striker and as a result, it must be incredibly difficult for both Bilic and the players to pick up the formation and style in which he wants to play.

Having to field Burke and Phillips in attack means they're also likely to miss out on valuable minutes in a different system in their preferred positions.

Zohore, who scored nine goals in Cardiff's promotion campaign is a good start, but Albion need more options if they're to really benefit from a 4-4-2 formation that Bilic opted for in Spain.