Chris Brunt move collapse stopped West Brom Domingos Quina switch

Just hours before the window closed on Friday, Baggies legend Chris Brunt looked set to leave the club for Stoke.

But the Express & Star understands that move collapsed after the Potters failed to offload Bruno Martins Indi.

Had Brunt moved on, Albion would have bolstered their ranks by signing Watford central midfielder Quina on loan – a player Bilic previously managed at West Ham.

Club captain Brunt was left out of the squad that secured a 2-0 win over Luton on Saturday, with Albion believing he should be rested following the dramatic events of the previous night.

And when speaking about the final hours of the window, Bilic revealed he also point-blank rejected a surprise bid for one of his players.

"Quina was an option but only if one of our players was leaving," the head coach said.

"There was a possibility that one of our players would go and one more.

"And for one I said okay, and the other I said no, no way.

"Then maybe we would have got Domingos.

"But because that transfer did not happen it would not be fair to player to bring him in but for him not to be involved as much as he deserves to be."

One player who also could have left Albion on deadline day was Nathan Ferguson with the youngster seeing a move to Crystal Palace collapse after the Premier League side picked up a problem with his knee during the medical.

With the 19-year-old making it clear he wants to leave, his future at The Hawthorns remains uncertain with Bilic opting to sign Lee Peltier on deadline day to provide competition at right-back.

And the Croatian believes the former Cardiff man will prove to be a shrewd addition.

"Lee came because we needed one more body there considering Nathan is not with us, but with us, or injured - I don’t know," Bilic continued.

"But Lee is a good addition there.

"It’s about the squad, it’s about having players that are good characters – all of them.

"It’s not pre-season, all of them know the league really well, inside out.

"They are going to help us and we are going to help them."

Overall Bilic feels Albion had a very positive window having also added Kamil Grosicki.

"Yeah it was (positive)," he added.

"What got we wanted in October when we were talking about January.

"We wanted to add in those positions which is exactly what we have done.

"Maybe the names were different because you never know if those players are going to be available.

“But we wanted this type of player, that is why we are happy.”