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According to The Scottish Sun, West Brom are interested in Barnsley defender Liam Lindsay.
What's the word?
Lindsay has been a rock at the back for the Tykes since arriving in English football from Partick Thistle in 2017.
He was named in the SPL Team of the Year before his move and then went onto win Barnsley's Players' Player of the Year in 2017/18.
The Reds were relegated from the Championship that term but have bounced back after achieving promotion from League One.
At the heart of that was Lindsay who may now be about to switch clubs.
The Scottish Sun claim that West Brom, Derby, Stoke and Brentford are all interested. However, they will also face competition from Serie A side Brescia who have made a bid of £1m, per the report.
Dawson replacement on the cards?
Last month Craig Dawson was the subject of interest from Burnley after The Sun suggested they could make a £15m move for the player.
With Dawson's future in doubt, Lindsay would represent the ideal replacement.
In the Championship last term, the Albion defender won the most aerial duels of any man in the team. On average he won 4.3 per game but comparing that to Lindsay's first season in the Championship, the Scot won 4.5.
Standing at 6 ft 3, Lindsay is colossal in the air and therefore he'd have no trouble to fitting into a Baggies defence that already rely on their strong centre-halves to head the ball away.
At just 23 years of age, the Barnsley man is an ideal signing for West Brom as they get set to rebuild their squad. Signing players with room to develop is exactly the policy they should be looking to put in operation and Lindsay fits that idea perfectly.
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The centre-back appears to be improving all the time and under boss Daniel Stendel, he had a flawless manager to help him progress.
If the Baggies can bring Lindsay to the Hawthorns and find the right coach to develop him, they can strike gold.
Providing Dawson does leave the club, Lindsay is a stellar replacement. They must do all they can to beat Brescia to his services.