Daryl Dike factor should guide West Brom, Tony Mowbray approach to January arrival | OneFootball

With the January arrival of Tammer Bany, Mowbray should be wary of a key detail to avoid a similar situation to the troubles of Daryl Dike.

With West Bromwich Albion uncharacteristically at the centre of some of the deadline-day action, the club have added an array of exciting attacking talent to Tony Mowbray's arsenal, which the Baggies boss will have to carefully manage.

As the belated deadline deal of proven Championship bagsman Adam Armstrong stole the headlines as a game-changing addition in their top six chase, it could have been easy to forget West Brom's deadline day acquisition of another attacker that fills a gap in equal need of a fix.

Amid the excitement of the clock winding down, Albion secured the services of versatile Randers forward Tammer Bany on a three-and-a-half-year deal for a fee in the region of £3.3m.

The 21-year-old Dane is capable of playing in both the attacking midfield and number nine position and has enjoyed a strong start to the Danish Superliga season, providing two goals and four assists in just eight starts.

Considering the attacking midfield position had been the most difficult for Mowbray's predecessor, Carlos Corberan, to nail a name to the starting team sheet with John Swift, Mikey Johnston and now Grady Diangana all attempting to lay claim to the playmaking role, the arrival of a specialist that oozes creative calibre and defensive discipline seems a match made in heaven for the new Baggies boss.

Bany brings the confidence to carry the ball and take on opposition defences, which is perfectly in alignment with Mowbray's consistent ambition to make West Brom an attacking and goalscoring outlet, but also brings the defensive discipline and culpability to maintain a strong shape when the side are without the ball.

His stats for duels won and tackles won mark him as one of the best in the Danish league within the challenge, something that should see him adapt quickly to the physicality intrinsic to the second tier.

Bany's age at only 21 still marks considerable capacity for development, something Baggies boss Mowbray has developed a reverence for, and with the Dane only making intermittent appearances thus far this season, Albion will hope their new man in The Hawthorns hot seat can extract that promise of potential, as he has with so many before.

However, it is exactly Bany's intermittent appearances that are cause for concern.

Tammer Bany's injury record draws Daryl Dike comparisons

Despite missing just two of the 17 Superliga matches Randers have played this term, West Brom's Danish addition was absent for over 100 days last season with an ankle injury.

Although this equated to just 10 matches due to the spread-out fixtures of the Danish top tier, the congested timeline of the Championship would have seen Bany miss a considerable spell of games.

There is no report of Albion having any concern of this ankle injury flaring up again after the player completed a medical but that their new arrival has made a sparing start to this season, failed to be fit for pre-season and us yet to complete a full 90 minutes of action must inform how Mowbray integrates the attacker into his plans.

Albion have already suffered an injury crisis in the attacking arena with Super Eagle striking sensation, Josh Maja, being sidelined for the foreseeable future, but his fellow frontman whom he joined in the medical office is where Mowbray's lessons should be learned.

The injury luck of Daryl Dike has been a heartbreaking sight for both the USMNT International and the Baggies fanbase, with Dike now being absent for over 750 days at Albion, well over half of his time in the West Midlands and denying him the chance to make any mark in the West Brom squad.

Suffering four separate injury spells including a recurring Achilles tendon injury, Albion's insurgency for reinforcements in the forward department may have historically rushed the American back to full fitness, such as upon his arrival to the Black Country.

The forward was unfit upon his winter arrival after not having played MLS action since November and had suffered an injury earlier in the season that had sidelined the striker for five matches. But under-pressure boss, Valerian Ismael brought the former Barnsley striker into the fray within just a fortnight, and it took just two matches for the American's torrid term to begin.

West Brom's winter window provides time for Bany to integrate slowly

With West Brom desperate not to suffer a repeat of Dike's injury woes, Albion must be careful with their management of the 21-year-old.

Although the temptation of what Bany may bring to the Black Country outlet is difficult to resist, Albion's adequate attacking acquisitions give Mowbray time not to rush the Dane into the thick of Championship action.

Alongside West Brom's deadline deal for Armstrong, Spurs starlet Will Lankshear's loan move to The Hawthorns provides the Baggies boss with immediate striking options, and Mowbray can even begin to integrate the aforementioned Dike into the mix.

Diangana's two goals and two assists against Portsmouth have laid claim to Mowbray's starting playmaking position, but he too has suffered a spell of intermittent absences in his time as a Baggie and will have to be monitored.

However, Mowbray also has the struggling Swift as an option to move further up the field after his two starts in the number eight position, so there is a plethora of possibilities for rotation within the attacking third of the side.

Whether Bany is brought in intermittently or immediately is at the discretion of the Albion manager, but as the 21-year-old looks to make a mark on the English game, his past injury troubles are a warning for Albion to bear in mind.