West Brom must land Baba Rahman transfer

West Bromwich Albion had 29 completely different gamers make appearances for the Midlands membership all through their earlier Championship marketing campaign.

Out of these 29 gamers, the one which played extra minutes than every other determine is Conor Townsend, who has been hailed previously by Chris Lepkowski as a “very good” participant.

When it comes to what he provided the workforce, the full-back topped West Brom’s record for profitable tackles (50) and racked up the second-highest variety of interceptions (54) and crosses delivered (181).

With the Englishman being the one predominant left-back within the squad, the remaining days left earlier than the summer time switch window closes may give the Baggies and Steve Bruce a perfect alternative to usher in a brand new participant for that place.

One participant that has been mentioned with a transfer to the Hawthorns that might match this invoice and be a possible improve on Townsend is Chelsea full-back Baba Rahman.

Final season noticed the 28-year-old full a loan deal within the Championship with Studying wherein he made 29 league appearances for the membership.

Regardless of enjoying 14 fewer video games than Townsend final season, the Ghanaian nonetheless managed to finish the marketing campaign with an equivalent fee for photographs on track per 90 minutes however an elevated proportion for photographs on track in comparison with the Baggies determine (36.8% vs 41.7%).

The Chelsea determine additionally gained extra tackles than the Englishman (51 vs 50) and was in a position to not get flagged offside as soon as whereas Townsend was caught 5 instances in complete.

Would you’re taking Baba Rahman at West Brom?

The truth is, the Ghana worldwide ended the season with the joint-highest common for tackles per recreation at Studying (2.9), which might even have put him on the high of the tree for a similar statistic at West Brom.

So in addition to being extra of a objective risk, Rahman has additionally proven his defensive credentials within the Championship as effectively, which may make him an actual competitor for the left-back spot on the Hawthorns.

Hailed by Rahman Osman as a “good instance of resilience and combat”, the full-back actually has what it takes to be a really succesful Championship participant when it comes to with the ability to defend and be a objective risk.

Taking into account how Bruce’s facet have conceded six targets of their five league video games to this point this season, it will appear that the left-back’s defensive abilities could possibly be simply what the Baggies want in the intervening time.