Don Goodman expects more West Brom player exits in new transfer prediction
Don Goodman expects more players to depart West Brom – and others to arrive – before the transfer window closes at the end of August.
The Baggies’ transfer activity thus far has centred on player exits, with Matt Phillips, Adam Reach, Nathaniel Chalobah, Erik Pieters, Yann M’Vila and Martin Kelly all leaving at the end of their contracts.
Loanees Mikey Johnston, Andreas Weimann and Callum Marshall have returned to their parent clubs, while Cedric Kipre, Kyle Bartley and Alex Mowatt are deliberating over new contract at The Hawthorns.
Carlos Corberan will therefore be eager to add to his squad over the coming weeks, and Goodman – speaking to West Brom News – is anticipating a busy period for the Baggies.
“I can’t imagine for the life of me, given West Bromwich Albion’s lack of spending in recent seasons for various reasons, that they will have any sort of FFP issues,” he said.
“Hopefully they can therefore invest in players to offset those who have left and will leave. I should imagine it will be a reasonably busy window for West Brom looking forward in terms of both incomings and outgoings.”
West Brom’s summer transfer activity so far
As mentioned, Albion have so far seen a number of players leave The Hawthorns and the squad is therefore far weaker than it was at the end of the 2023-24 campaign.
That will hopefully change, but it is worrying just how few players have been linked with a switch to Albion so far.
The transfer window may only have opened last week, but fellow Championship sides are already working on adding to their squads.
With Shilen Patel firmly in place, the hope is that work is going on behind the scenes.
And with Corberan now looking likely to stay on as manager, all focus must be on landing some targets all over the field.
In other West Brom news, Goodman believes the Baggies will be capable of landing higher-calibre players following a £1million development.
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