Michal Karbownik could emerge in the left wing-back role while Albion are missing Solly March.

But head coach Graham Potter has underlined why it would be a big decision to throw the versatile young Poland international into the Premier League too soon.

March has made the position his own this season.

He now faces about 12 weeks out after damaging his knee at Liverpool last week.

Dan Burn has so far filled in down that side, including at Anfield when March switched to the right in the absence of both Tariq Lamptey and Joel Veltman.

Burn earnt particularly high marks that night and brings some unique qualities to the role.

Karbownik includes wing-back in the array of positions he can play in defence and midfield.

That appears to open the possibility of a youthful, jet-heeled choice down that flank within the current system preferred by Potter.

Karbownik has been on the bench already and will be part of the squad at Leicester City tomorrow.

But Potter explained why putting him into the Prem in that role would be something he would need to think long and hard about for now.

Ad he mentioned former Albion midfielder Dale Stephens to help illustrate why.

Potter told The Argus: “He’s one of our options.

“I was listening to something Sean Dyche was referencing about when you sign a player how long it can sometimes take.

“He was mentioning it with Dale (Stephens) and how it takes time to understand how the team is working. That’s from taking a 30-year-old guy from Manchester who has played four years in the Premier League.

“You consider that with a young player who has come from a different country, is still developing the language, still developing his understanding of football generally.

“It’s not so easy. I can’t give you a definite answer but I think he is an option.

“It will depend on how well he is doing and whether we feel it is the right thing for him and the team.”

Potter was asked whether Karbownik had been in contention to play at Burnley.

He replied: “Not really because he had a bit of illness over Christmas and has not played so much.

“A slight injury before he came, so he is a young guy adapting to a new team, a new country and a new club.

“To throw him in away to Burnley at Turf Moor would have been a surprise for him and maybe not the fairest thing.

“He is training and adapting well, we have to be patient with him but the signs are good.”

The mind’s eye envisages a sort of left-sided Lamptey if Karbownik gets the nod down that side at some stage.

But it is worth recalling how long it took for Lamptey, who had come from Chelsea, to get his chance.

He sat out all matches between his arrival at the end of January and the suspension of fixtures in mid-March.

He was on the bench for the resumption, at home to Arsenal on June 20.

Four days later, he was thrown in as a starter for the trip to the King Power Stadium, where Albion put FA Cup hopes on the line tomorrow.

Time was similarly taken with Alexis Mac Allister, who arrived a year ago and, like Lamptey, got his first start at Leicester on June 24.

Potter was asked what role Karbownik and compatriot Jakub Moder would play in the East Midlands.

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He had hoped to give Moder a debut in the previous round versus Blackpool but the fact his side did not kill the tie off meant that substitution was never made.

Potter said: “They have been in the squads and they are just at a stage where they are adapting to us and their new life, which isn’t so straightforward.”