West Brom eyeing Oliver McBurnie transfer

West Bromwich Albion are reportedly trying to safe a deal for Sheffield United striker Oliver McBurnie.

What’s the information?

In accordance with a latest publish from journalist Alan Nixon on his Patreon web page (through Football League World), the Baggies are contemplating making a late transfer for the attacker earlier than the summer time switch window closes.

The Midlands membership can be with out Daryl Dike for some time by way of injury, and in addition missed out on signing Liam Delap and Keinan Davis after each had been linked with strikes to the Hawthorns, so it’s straightforward to see why they wish to add some attacking reinforcements to their squad.

An enormous mistake?

That mentioned, bringing McBurnie to the membership would, in our view, be an enormous mistake.

Again within the 2019 summer time switch window, the Blades shelled out a then club-record price of £20m to sign the striker from Swansea Metropolis.

With 98 appearances to his identify for the Yorkshire membership, the 26-year-old has solely managed to search out the again of the web eight occasions, that means he has price them a whopping £2.5m per purpose.

What’s made issues even worse is that he has additionally suffered his fair proportion of injuries throughout his time at Bramall Lane.

Which means not solely is he unreliable when it comes to his availability, however he additionally isn’t notably efficient in entrance of purpose when he’s on the pitch.

Moreover, the participant has been concerned in latest controversies that might make him a dangerous addition to the squad when it comes to his behaviour and angle too.

Would you’re taking Oli McBurnie at West Brom?

Final season noticed the Scotsman make 28 league appearances for the Blades however he failed to attain even one purpose for his aspect.

In actual fact, out of the 29 makes an attempt he had at purpose all through the earlier marketing campaign, solely eight of them had been on the right track, leaving eight different United gamers testing opposition goalkeepers on extra events.

Beforehand labelled as being a “determined” participant by former Hibernian midfielder Tam McManus, McBurnie wouldn’t be a helpful addition to Steve Bruce’s squad given the poor goalscoring type he’s proven since changing into a Blade.

With all of that in thoughts, it might be in West Brom’s finest pursuits to overlook about signing the Scotsman and transfer on to different potential striker targets they may get in earlier than the window closes.