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The contracts of professional footballers are usually a hot topic of conversation.

The pendulum of power between the club and the player can often swing one way or the other, depending where the latter is in their contract.

Three or more years left to run on a deal represents security for the player, but also for the club - particularly if they’re an asset.

On the flip side, big contracts can mean that shifting a player who is no longer in the manager’s plans can be tricky.

Anything less than that, and there is an uncertain period. Has the player justified the offering of fresh terms? Do they fancy moving on? In the case of the latter, it often means they can run their contract down and leave for nothing, or force their employers into selling up early.

Things are no different at West Brom; on the back of firing the club to promotion, this is how the land lies with every senior player.

Summer 2020

Leaving the club

Jonathan Bond, Chris Brunt, Gareth Barry, Lee Peltier

Albion's second choice keeper Bond remained at the club until the end of the season as back up to Sam Johnstone, while veteran trio Barry, Brunt and Peltier are all moving on now the job is done.

Summer 2020 - loanees

Matheus Pereira, Filip Krovinovic, Grady Diangana, Callum Robinson

Albion have already agreed personal terms with Matheus Pereira ahead of his permanent move, which was triggered in the draw with Blues after the restart.

Grady Diangana will, at least initially, return to West Ham. His form raised fears that there’d be a repeat of the situation that saw the Baggies lose Harvey Barnes last year, but ultimately he stayed put. Diangana suffered frustratingly from injuries, but finished the campaign strongly with three goals since the restart.

Filip Krovinovic is another player who could earn a permanent deal, with Albion and parent club Benfica expected to open talks in the coming weeks, while what the future holds for fellow loanee Callum Robinson remains to be seen.

Summer 2021

Kieran Gibbs, Jonathan Leko, Kyle Bartley, Conor Townsend, Charlie Austin, Saul Shotton, Hal Robson-Kanu, Kamil Grosicki

There'll be a bit of a cross-roads period for players here, as they enter the final year of those deals.

Kieran Gibbs signed a four-year deal when he arrived in 2017, while Kyle Bartley agreed a three-year deal and Charlie Austin a two-year contract.

Hal Robson-Kanu, who recently committed his future, Conor Townsend and Jonathan Leko are the other players who, as it stands, will see their contracts expire in the summer of 2021.

Grosicki signed an 18-month deal when agreeing to move from Hull last January.

Summer 2022

Oliver Burke, Ahmed Hegazi, Sam Johnstone, Sam Field, Jake Livermore, Romaine Sawyers, Rekeem Harper, Matt Phillips

The bulk of the Albion squad have a little over two years left.

Romaine Sawyers agreed a three-year deal in the summer when he arrived from Brentford, while Rekeem Harper and Matt Phillips have both fairly recently put pen to paper on new deals.

Ahmed Hegazi, returning from injury, signed a chunky contract in December 2017, while Oli Burke will have two years to save his Albion career when he returns from his season-long loan at Alaves - though Albion are expected to try and get what they can for him in the summer.

Captain Jake Livermore and Charlton loanee Sam Field are the other players who have a cushion.

Summer 2023

Semi Ajayi, Darnell Furlong, Kenneth Zohore, Dara O'Shea, Alex Palmer

The former trio have only arrived this past season, and were all tied down to long-term deals upon arrival.

Darnell Furlong and Semi Ajayi are looking like excellent pieces of business, for a combined fee of £3m, while Kenneth Zohore is still to live up to his rather expensive price-tag.

All in their early to mid twenties, they agreed four-year contracts and will be at the club until 2023 - or longer, all being well.

Then there is O'Shea, who like Nathan Ferguson burst onto the first-team scene this season. Bilic is a huge fan, and Albion managed to tie him down to a new long term contract in January 2020. Alex Palmer did likewise after an impressive loan spell at Plymouth.

Summer 2024

Rayhaan Tulloch

Securing this deal this summer looks a real coup for Albion. With other clubs sniffing around Tulloch, they agreed a long-term deal with his representatives that will see him remain at The Hawthorns, all being well, until at least 2024.