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West Brom duo must work hard to thrive under Carlos Corberan

Captain Jed Wallace is excited by Albion’s attacking recruits but warned they need to work hard to meet Carlos Corberan’s demands.

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Jeremy Sarmiento (Photo by Adam Fradgley/West Bromwich Albion FC via Getty Images).

Winger Jeremy Sarmiento and striker Josh Maja have boosted Corberan’s attacking armoury but both have been catching up on fitness levels having checked into The Hawthorns later in the summer window.

Brighton loanee Sarmiento had a bright cameo in Saturday’s Championship-opening defeat at Blackburn and could be in line for a first start at Stoke in the EFL Cup tonight. The plan for striker Maja is involvement against Swansea on Saturday.

“One hundred per cent, I think you saw his sharpness,” Wallace said of Sarmiento. “We’ve seen that in training straight away.

“He’s got that sharpness about him, he can just drift past people. You saw that a couple of times in the game.