While West Bromwich Albion’s main priority at the moment is appointing a new manager, the January transfer window is obviously also something the club is considering.
After all, the Lantern Bags are in need of a few recruits here and there to ensure they can remain in contention for a championship playoff spot for the rest of the season, no matter who Carlos Corberan’s successor ends up being.
While the rumor mill has been very active in throwing around names in this area, it’s also starting to go into overdrive, with a handful of rumors floating around at The Hawthorns, with the exciting loanee being touted to be moving to the West Midlands.
West Brom make inquiries about Championship stars
According to the latest report Daily Mail Online, West Brom have made inquiries about snapping up Liverpool youngster Lewis Koumas, who is already well known to Championship fans after some outstanding performances during his loan spell at Stoke City this season.
Sheffield United are also understood to be keen on adding the 19-year-old winger to their ranks this month, but the Knickerbockers may have the upper hand in that fight.
Coomas’ father Jason is a much-loved figure among the promotion hopefuls, often dazzling defenders with his maverick presence in the middle of the park, and now Hawthorns players are hoping his son can do the same following his move. It’s equally as engaging on offense.
It remains to be seen whether Liverpool will cut short the deal with Stoke City to allow West Brom to step in, but if a deal happens, the addition of Koomas is likely to have the same impact as the arrival of Mickey Johnston last January. came out.
What Koumas can offer West Brom
The teenager clearly hopes he has a bright future at Anfield, but in the here and now, the 19-year-old is hoping to move up the leagues and show the Knickerbockers what he has to offer on the way to promotion Performance. push.
After a poor showing at Stoke City’s training camp that even led to a sacking from management, the raw Welshman still stood out with an encouraging display. Four goals and two assists He made 29 appearances in total, including a game against Bristol City in October.
Koumas’ career statistics so far | |||
|---|---|---|---|
playing club | Games played | Number of goals scored | Assist |
stoke | 29 | 4 | 2 |
Liverpool (first team) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Liverpool U21 team | twenty one | 9 | 5 |
Liverpool U18 team | twenty four | 18 | 6 |
Liverpool (Youth League) | 6 | 2 | 0 |
source: transfer market | |||
Koumas is also comfortable with the pressure of playing for a team top of the Championship table, having scored on his senior debut for the Reds after lighting up a number of youth pitches for his boyhood employers. Ball, Jurgen Klopp labels his contribution as “Wonderful“Come and watch.
Of course, he won’t be slotting straight into the wings, with the likes of Johnston having shone in attack in recent weeks after being just a loan player himself.
Now, after signing a permanent deal last transfer window, he is performing consistently for the team every week. Nine goals and four assists accumulated from 42 games.
There may be some fear in the air that the Republic of Ireland international will fail after he put up some solid but unspectacular numbers for Celtic 13 goals and 12 assists He got his tally in Glasgow but eventually started life in England.
At least in this case, it’s well known that Kumas can get to that level and he can Attack every position – This will certainly be an addition that the new West Brom boss will love to work with.
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