West Brom Could Sign Big Molumby Upgrade

West Bromwich Albion kick off their 2023/24 Championship marketing campaign with a visit to face Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday however their enterprise within the switch window is way from over.

Who’ve West Brom signed this summer time?

The Baggies devoted will solely have one recent face to stay up for seeing on the pitch for the opening day conflict as Carlos Corberan has solely been in a position to signal one participant to date this summer time.

Ecuador worldwide Jeremy Sarmiento just lately joined the membership on a season-long mortgage from Premier League facet Brighton & Hove Albion to bolster the supervisor’s attacking choices.

The second tier outfit nonetheless have a month left to make additional additions to their taking part in squad and one space wherein they might look to strengthen is the center of the park.

It was reported last month that the Baggies are one among various golf equipment interested by signing Fortuna Dusseldorf central midfielder Ao Tanaka, alongside Fulham, West Ham United, and Leicester.

How good is Ao Tanaka?

Corberan might signal the Japan worldwide on the excellent time because the gifted maestro turns 25 in September and is heading into the prime years of his profession.

The Fortuna ace isn’t an unproven teenager with little expertise or a veteran with no growth left to undergo, which suggests that he’s on the perfect level in his profession to be an outstanding quick and long-term possibility for West Brom.

Tanaka might are available as an improve on Eire worldwide Jayson Molumby in midfield after the previous Brighton midfielder did not catch the attention through the 2022/23 marketing campaign.

The 23-year-old averaged a Sofascore rating of 6.81 throughout 43 Championship appearances for the membership, which positioned him 14th within the squad – removed from being one of many top-performing gamers at The Hawthorns.

Molumby created 0.4 possibilities and gained 3.1 duels per recreation for the facet, while he got here out on high of simply 48% of his particular person contests, as per Sofascore.

Tanaka, then again, offered one key cross and gained 4.7 battles per outing within the 2. Bundesliga final season, while the gifted wizard boasted a duel success rate of 55%. He additionally made 2.7 tackles and interceptions per recreation – 0.8 more per clash than the present West Brom midfielder.

The Fortuna maestro, who journalist Josh Bunting as soon as hailed as “effective”, additionally caught the attention at the World Cup final 12 months with one purpose and a duel success price of 70% throughout three appearances, together with video games in opposition to Germany and Spain.

These statistics recommend that the 5 foot 11 technician has the potential to supply greater than Molumby out and in of possession, along with his capability to create possibilities for the attackers frequently while additionally successful extra bodily contests with larger effectivity.

That is all backed up by his common Sofascore ranking as Tanaka recorded a score of 6.93. That may have placed him sixth throughout the Baggies squad final time period and fifth out of each outfield participant, which is considerably increased than the ex-Brighton man ranked.

Subsequently, Corberan might enhance his midfield by swooping for the aggressive battler from the second division in Germany as his statistics point out that he can add an injection of high quality to the group.