Jed Wallace reveals signing ‘top-quality’ John Swift key in joining West Brom
West Brom newly-signed winger Jed Wallace has revealed that the signing of John Swift played a key role in him joining the club.
The 27-year-old is set to join the Baggies as a free agent once his contract with Reading will come to an end on June 30.
Wallace was quoted in a report by the Express and Star where he revealed that his target is to take the club back to the Premier League.
“When you look at this club over the last 15 years, certainly in my lifetime, they’ve always been at the top of this league, if not the league above,” he said.
“That aligns with where I want to be playing my football. I think it’s a huge show of intent to bring Swifty in, who I know.
“That’s a very impressive signing. He’s a top-quality player at this level, along the rest of a very talented squad. I want to get promoted. I’ve been trying to do that for the last three or four seasons. I feel like I can find that ambition here.
“Hopefully we can reach our goal, which is to have a few bottles of champagne, a little party and promotion at the end of the season.”
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Wallace will bring in a much-needed attacking threat West Brom lacked last season which was one of the primary reasons why they finished outside the top six.
The Baggies ended up four places behind sixth-placed Luton Town with eight points less whereas they only managed to score 52 goals in 46 matches, joint seventh-lowest in the league out of 26 teams.
In the previous campaign, Wallace represented Millwall in 37 matches in the Championship and managed to score six goals along with providing 12 assists [Transfermarkt]
Those numbers are an impressive tally as the 28-year-old managed to have an active part in 34% of the team’s total goals in the league campaign.
West Brom fans will be hoping that in Wallace, they have finally secured a player who will push the club to return to top-flight football.
The former England Under-19 international has played 228 matches in the Championship where he has managed to score 37 goals and provide 40 assists.
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