Ryan Allsop and Romaine Sawyers' careers have gone full circle.
Both of them start off at West Brom as real prospects, but were cut loose and had to scrap their way back up to the surface. But, as the old adage goes, the cream always rises to the top and few would argue both represented excellent captures for the Bluebirds this summer.
For Sawyers, his journey took in spells with Norwich City boss Dean Smith at Walsall and then Brentford, before a return to The Hawthorns in 2019. Allsop, meanwhile, took the scenic route to the Welsh capital after his Baggies release in 2011. Millwall, Hottur in Iceland, Leyton Orient, Bournemouth (plus a lot of loans away), Wycombe and then Derby County.
