Reyes Cleary sends four-word message as West Brom player transfer is confirmed
West Brom attacker Reyes Cleary has sent a message of support through social media to departing midfielder Quevin Castro.
On Instagram, the West Brom academy boy posted a short but supportive message to Castro who departed the Hawthorns for National League side York City, as confirmed by the club (28 June).
Castro spent most of his time at West Brom out on loan to clubs including Notts County and Gateshead before joining the Minstermen on a free when his contract expired.
In the post, Cleary wrote: “My boy go time!”
Exciting prospect set for more game time
Teammates showing support and sharing well-wishes when a player leaves a club can speak volumes who how they were seen in the dressing room.
Castro struggled to get first-team action at West Brom, but after a series of loan spells in League 1 and the National League the 21-year-old is now set to gain regular first-team action to reignite his career.
Cleary himself, still just only 19, is on the fringes of the first team having made five senior appearances for the Baggies in all competitions last season.
West Brom boss Carlos Corberan has frequently expressed how much he values his side’s youth academy and the development of the young talent at the club since he replaced Steve Bruce in October last year.
In January, Corberan said: “For me, the academies are the future of the clubs. One club without an academy is a club which lives in the present and not the future.
“For me, it’s important that we have a strong academy, that we keep working hard with the players and to analyse in detail what the players need to keep growing.” [Express and Star]
Young players, such as Castro and Reyes, are in a good position to grow and develop at a club like West Brom with Corberan in charge.
Cleary himself is a highly-rated prospect at the club, scoring 22 goals for the under-21s and earning himself a Premier League 2 Player of the Season nomination.
While Castro’s West Brom career did not go as he may have expected, other youth talent like Reyes can take solace in the fact that playing for a club that value their young players will give them opportunities to seek new pastures.
In other West Brom news, Corberan shares what player profile he wants to at the club in this window.