West Brom have seen numerous players join the club on loan deals, spend some time in the squad and then return to their parent clubs.

Some of these recent deals have seen the Baggies take a handful of young English players from Premier League sides such as Conor Gallagher from Chelsea and Ainsley Maitland-Niles from Arsenal.

Another English player the Midlands club signed on loan that they will now be regretting not signing on a permanent deal is winger Harvey Barnes, who made the move to the Hawthorns from Leicester City back in the 2018 summer transfer window.

With 26 Championship appearances under his belt in a West Brom shirt with nine goals scored and six assists provided, the winger ended up returning to Leicester in the following January transfer window but still managed to end the campaign as West Brom's highest-rated player with an overall rating of 7.24 according to WhoScored, showing how impressive he was in his short spell there.

Having racked up a total of 133 senior appearances for the Foxes, the 24-year-old, who has been called an "unbelievable" player by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp in the past, has found the back of the net 29 times and delivered 24 assists for his team.

Back in September 2018, Transfermarkt rated the Englishman's market value listed at £1.35m, whereas it now stands at an eye-catching £28.8m, highlighting a major increase of 2033% as a result of his attacking efforts for Brendan Rodgers' side.

With West Brom's current situation in terms of attacking options, the fact that they have only managed to get five goals out of the likes of Grady Diangana and Matt Phillips in the Championship this season, it's safe to say that if they had someone like Barnes in their ranks at the moment that can score and assist goals on a regular basis, the team would be much closer to securing promotion than they currently are.

Failing that, they may not even be in the Championship, such is his record in England's top-flight with Leicester.

Taking all of this into account, it's easy to see why the Baggies were keen on keeping hold of the attacker and why they will now be having nightmares over their failure to secure him on a permanent basis.

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