West Brom will allow 23-year-old to leave Hawthorns on one condition – reports
West Brom are looking to strengthen their goalkeeping department this summer, but it isn’t going as straight-forward as one would wish.
Sam Johnstone has completed every single minute of the last two Championship campaigns, with little competition behind him.
Ali Al-Habsi has left the Hawthorns, and the impressive younger duo of Jonathan Bond and Alex Palmer are available to Slaven Bilic.
Palmer was one of the main men at Plymouth Argyle last season as they secured their promotion to League One under Ryan Lowe.
Despite that success, it appears as though the 23-year-old will not get the chance with the Baggies even after signing a new contract at the Hawthorns.
The young stopper could be about to seal a loan move to Lincoln City under Michael Appleton, but only under one condition.
Birmingham Live have reported that the Baggies will only sanction an exit if they can resolve their own depth issues.
The Baggies have missed out on both Ivo Grbic and Joe Hart already this summer, but they do have two other options available to them.
The Sun have reported that Wigan’s David Marshall and Swansea’s Steven-Andreas Benda are also two names on the shortlist.
Based on those two reported targets, the Baggies would surely be better off giving the chance to Palmer who would fit in perfectly as second-choice.
We have compared Palmer with Bond already, and those numbers are in favour of the 23-year-old who has well-and-truly earned that right by now.
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