View: West Brom must ramp up Daryl Dike pursuit after journalist claim
West Brom may have struck three past Bristol City without reply, but Valerien Ismael must not be blinded by such occasions in the January transfer market.
Albion currently sit third in the Championship, five points behind table-toppers Bournemouth, and Fulham [33] are the only side to score more than their total of 25 goals.
Summer signing Jordan Hugill got on the scoresheet for the first time at The Hawthorns on Saturday, firing the opener past Bristol City to set the Baggies on their way to a 3-0 victory.
However, given the fact that was the 29-year-old’s first in 10 games, and he is merely on loan from Norwich City, Albion ought to splash out on a new centre-forward in January.
Ismael’s side have failed to score more than once in a game eight times in their last 11, and the likes of Karlan Grant do their best business from the flanks.
That’s where Orlando City’s Daryl Dike could come into play.
The American was heavily linked with a move to the West Midlands during the summer to reunite with his former Barnsley boss, and the “unbelievable” [Yorkshire Post] 21-year-old could still be on Ismael’s agenda.
Express and Star’s Luke Hatfield recently said to GiveMeSport: “I’m sure he’s a player who is very, very high on their list.
“He’s got a really good goalscoring record in the MLS. No disrespect to the league, but it is maybe a couple of steps below the level that Albion are playing at or hope to play at in the Premier League.”
Dike is certainly a man in form, with four goals in his last six for Orlando, and if Albion have any grand designs on the Premier League, they could do with bringing one or two players in during January who can help their promotion push as well as undertake a significant role in the top-tier, with fears that the current crop will struggle once again if they return to the Premier League.
In other West Brom news, this ex-Albion sensation was seen at the club’s training ground on Monday amid a major summer development.
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