West Brom must land Cameron Archer

West Bromwich Albion have seen quite a few players be part of the Midlands membership from fellow English sides, both on mortgage or everlasting offers, solely to then finally go away for different groups throughout the nation’s prime divisions.

One participant who matches into this class is Jay Rodriguez, who joined the Baggies from Southampton 5 years in the past in a deal price £12m.

Throughout his time at The Hawthorns, the Englishman discovered the web 33 instances in 90 appearances throughout all competitions earlier than becoming a member of Burnley in 2019 for a complete sum of £10m.

Now that some years have handed because the 32-year-old had his stint at West Brom, it appears as if the present switch window might give Albion the possibility to herald their subsequent model of Rodriguez.

It was reported final month that Aston Villa striker Cameron Archer is on the Baggies’ record of striker targets for this summer time.

Throughout 106 appearances for Villa’s senior and youth groups – together with Solihull Moors and Preston North Finish, the place he has performed on loan – the striker has 34 objectives and 10 assists to his identify.

This highlights his clear attacking expertise, particularly on the subject of discovering the web, which is one thing that Rodriguez was fairly able to doing throughout his time at The Hawthorns.

Actually, to check Archer’s earlier home season with Rodriguez’s 2018/19 marketing campaign with the Baggies within the Championship, the duo racked up an virtually similar price for pictures per 90 minutes, objectives per shot and objectives per shot on track (as per FBRef).

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This exhibits the attacking similarities between the 2 gamers and descriptions why the 20-year-old Villa starlet can be a helpful addition to Steve Bruce’s squad, probably turning into their subsequent potential model of Rodriguez.

Described as a “bullish” participant by Ryan Lowe, Archer additionally has an “abundance of expertise”, according to the Preston supervisor.

If a chance to signal the younger Englishman arises earlier than the summer time switch window involves an finish, that is one thing that West Brom ought to be throughout, as his clear goalscoring abilities may very well be the distinction between seeing the Baggies win promotion or endure one other season within the Championship.

AND in different information – Time to go: Bruce should lastly axe WBA’s “head-scratching” £18k-p/w dud this summer time