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Aston Villa fans all say the same thing as West Brom sign Lewis Dobbin on loan

Dan is a sports writer and broadcaster, who wrote for Breaking Media Limited's club sites between May 2024 and May 2025. Graduating from the University of Huddersfield in 2018 with First Class Honours in Sports Journalism, Dan has worked with several EFL clubs, as well as with BBC Radio, talkSPORT and TNT Sports. He previously resided in Sydney, Australia, where he continued his career as a freelance writer and broadcaster in various sports.

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08 Aug 2024, 2:30 am

Aston Villa fans have reacted to Lewis Dobbin's loan move to West Brom, having recently signed the forward from Everton.

Dobbin was unveiled as Albion's latest loan signing on Tuesday, just weeks after the 21-year-old completed a £10m move to Villa Park from the Toffees.

Villa supporters were quick to take to social media to air a sarcastic view on finally seeing a player move to The Hawthorns from their club, rather than the other way round.

West Brom have lost a host of young players in the past few years to the Villans including Tim Iroegbunam, who this summer moved to Goodison Park.

Former Albion academy players Morgan Rogers and Lino Sousa have ended up with Aston Villa, whilst Keilan Quinn, Finn Azaz, Finley Thorndike, Jamal Jimoh, Ricoh Richards, Louie Barry, Triston Rowe, Luka Lynch and Chisom Afoka have all taken the same route - either directly or indirectly [BirminghamLive, 12 March].

Aston Villa fans react as West Brom take Dobbin on loan

The amusement of Aston Villa fans on a player finally heading across the West Midlands to The Hawthorns has come to the fore on X since Dobbin's loan move was announced.

Love when football clubs chip in and do a bit of local charity work
— Azaria (@AzariaJohnson14) August 6, 2024

Paying them back for having all their youngsters 😂
— Ben (@ben_0500) August 6, 2024

Ay? 🤣🤣 Tbf it’s time we gave back to them after we nick all there youngsters 😂
— bappo (@AdamBrittain21) August 6, 2024

We probably owe them at least one good loan tbf 🗿 https://t.co/f1KTHVtQve
— 💫 (@KishinJay) August 6, 2024

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