West Brom: Ntcham comes to haunt them

West Brom had been linked with signing Olivier Ntcham in each 2020 and 2021 however didn’t carry him to the Hawthorns, with the midfielder displaying the Baggies precisely what they had been lacking on Saturday afternoon.

Ntcham was first linked with the Baggies in September 2020 when he was at Celtic after which again in January 2021, so he’s clearly a participant that they had been eager on bringing to the Midlands.

In the long run, Ntcham was loaned to Marseille the place he would make simply six appearances, earlier than his launch from Celtic in the summertime of 2021.

You’d have thought that then was the right time for the Baggies to carry Ntcham in, however it was Swansea Metropolis who would win the race for the previous Manchester Metropolis man.

In his time with the Welsh facet, he has contributed six targets and 5 assists in 46 appearances, together with one objective and one help in Saturday’s conquer West Brom.

Ought to West Brom have signed Ntcham?

Swansea boss Russell Martin was filled with reward for the 26-year-old final season, saying:

“Every time he’s come on as a sub, video games like West Brom, Barnsley earlier on within the season, he’s been sensible.”

The Cameroon worldwide got here off the bench within the 66th minute and helped flip the sport on its head, first equalising with a robust end off the submit from outdoors of the field, earlier than organising Michael Obafemi for his late winner.

Solely Grady Diangana and Jed Wallace have registered extra objective involvements (5) than Ntcham up to now this season so it’s clear what he would have added to the present Baggies midfield had he joined in both 2020 or 2021.

Whereas West Brom followers may need been upset to overlook out on him, he could have simply completed the Baggies a favour by having such an impression from the bench, as you’ll suspect that one other house loss will put Steve Bruce below critical strain as supervisor.

With the Baggies languishing in twenty first place within the Championship after the weekend, many will likely be hoping that Ntcham’s efficiency and Swansea’s win would be the ultimate straw for Bruce as West Brom supervisor.

Certainly, he has already admitted that the warmth is on, and that was earlier than Ntcham haunted them on the weekend.