The 2021-22 Championship season is officially over following Nottingham Forest's play-off triumph, meaning we now have a confirmed field of 24 teams for the new campaign which kicks off in late July.

The second tier of English football will have somewhat of a mid-2000's feel about it with a lot of the clubs who will be taking part, and one of those who bounced around between the Championship and top flight in that time was West Bromwich Albion.

Despite expectations being that they'd bounce back to the Premier League at the first opportunity, the Baggies struggled, firstly under Valerien Ismael's management and then his replacement Steve Bruce, who failed to push Albion close to a play-off place at all.

Bruce though is being given another chance to secure promotion, and he's already got the building work underway by completing a swoop for Reading playmaker John Swift.

What other transfer deals could occur though at The Hawthorns in the coming weeks? Let's look at eight scenarios that could play out.

With Steve Bruce looking to go with a different formation next season, he's going to have to recruit some more wide players in order for his system to work.

One individual that the Baggies are said to be extremely keen on is Jed Wallace, whose association with Millwall looks to be coming to an end after five years.

After being the Lions' talisman since 2017, Wallace looks to have a number of options on the table, and Bruce will hope that he chooses Albion with a 'lucrative package' set to be offered, according to Alan Nixon.

According to various reports, including The Northern Echo, Newcastle United stopper Karl Darlow is on the radar of the Baggies, as well as their league rivals Middlesbrough.

Newcastle's aspirations of being a powerhouse mean that players like Darlow will be left behind, and despite Albion having a number of goalkeeping options going into the 2021-22 season, he would arguably be an upgrade on them all.

Having worked with Darlow at the Magpies, Bruce will be hopeful of winning the race for his signature.

The Baggies are one of a number of clubs in the running for out-of-contract Blackburn Rovers midfielder Joe Rothwell, according to John Percy of The Telegraph.

The 27-year-old is seeking a new challenge away from the Lancashire club, and West Brom could potentially offer him a promotion push next season.

However, there is serious competition in the form of Sheffield United and newly-promoted Premier League outfit Nottingham Forest, so West Brom may have to be prepared to lose out this time around.

As mentioned when speaking about the potential acquisition of Darlow, West Brom have three viable goalkeeping options next season in Alex Palmer, David Button and Josh Griffiths.

The youngest and least experienced of those is Griffiths, who at 20 years old has two EFL loan spells under his belt already with Cheltenham Town and Lincoln City.

Griffiths has amassed 77 league appearances already at his young age, and regardless of Darlow coming in or not it may be best if West Brom secure the youngster another League One loan next season - there will be plenty of suitors who would come forward.

The free agency market is going to be a competitive one this summer, and it will be no different for Darragh Lenihan of Blackburn Rovers.

The 28-year-old has been offered a new deal by Rovers, but he is on Steve Bruce's wanted list at The Hawthorns.

Per The Athletic though, that won't happen unless some defenders depart the club, meaning that Lenihan may not arrive at the club this summer.

With Dara O'Shea, Kyle Bartley and Semi Ajayi all under contract, as well as the potential return of a loanee, there may be no room for the Republic of Ireland international, meaning Lenihan could very well be passed over.

There are a few players who need to get out of West Brom to save their careers - Kenneth Zohore being one of them.

The Dane was signed from Cardiff City in 2019 for what could have reached a fee of £8 million, however the striker has never hit the heights that his fee suggested he would.

Zohore featured just twice in the league last season for the Baggies and didn't appear in a single matchday squad under Bruce, so his time appears to be up - the club now need to find a club for him to go to with a year left on his deal.

In a bleak campaign for West Brom, one of the shining lights was centre-back Matt Clarke, who joined on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion and subsequently won the club's Player of the Year award.

Bruce wants to acquire the 25-year-old on a permanent basis, and that looks to be a doable deal considering Clarke has not made a single appearance for the Seagulls since he signed from Portsmouth in 2019.

You'd imagine that the south coast club will be keen to do a deal for Clarke providing the fee is right - West Brom proved in January with their acquisition of Daryl Dike that they have money in the bank, so he should be made a priority.

Like Zohore, Kipre appears to be a player with no future at West Brom, having spent two years now at The Hawthorns.

The Ivorian spent the second half of the 2021-22 season on the bench under Bruce, having played 14 times in the Championship when Ismael was in charge, but with the amount of centre-backs on the books right now, Kipre looks set to exit.

Per the Express & Star, both Rangers and FC Metz are understood to be interested in the defender, so his departure to one of those clubs looks very likely.