MBAYE NIANG wants to join West Brom after a major row with French side Rennes.

The powerful Senegalese attacker, 25, missed his side’s match with Monaco at the weekend as he pushes to come back to the Premier League. 

Fiery Niang wants to join Slaven Bilic’s club on loan and clashed with his own outfit over their decision to sign Serhou Guirassy to take his place. 

Former Watford striker Niang sat out the match as he waits on the clubs sorting out a loan deal for him and a possible full time switch at the end of it. 

The controversial star has found his name in the headlines for the wrong reasons several times in the past.

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His past is littered with unsavoury episodes — such as a suspended 18-month jail sentence he received after injuring 11 people during a car crash while on loan at Montpellier.

Caen beat off competition from big guns, Paris Saint-Germain and Lille to sign him up at the tender age of 13 — such was his talent — netting a hat-trick on his trial.

Niang rose through the ranks and was representing the club's under-19s side at just 15.

The first controversy arrived after the signing of his first professional contract.

French law requires parents to agree to a deal when involving a minor, and his father insisted he had not.

He eventually moved onto Milan, despite interest from Arsenal and Tottenham in 2012, and became the club’s second-youngest goalscorer when he netted in a cup match against Reggina.

But just a month earlier, he had broken a curfew while on duty with the French Under-21 side and was banned from representing his country for 12 months — though he has since switched allegiance to Senegal.

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And, he was later caught driving around Milan without a licence — and  then reportedly claimed to be fellow AC star Bakaye Traore.

He apologised for his actions but denied pretending to be his team-mate.

Not long after, he was also involved in a bizarre incident in the streets again, where he was filmed being harassed by a twerking transvestite.

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