West Brom Scouting In-Demand Teenager Ahead of Summer

West Bromwich Albion are eyeing a potential transfer for Motherwell teenager Max Johnston and scouted the participant over the weekend, The Scottish Sun experiences.

What’s the newest on West Brom and Johnston?

Johnston is simply 19 years of age and is primarily a right-back who may also end up as a right-midfielder or central midfielder if required. He’s out of contract on the finish of the season and shares the identical agency as Baggies winger Matt Phillips.

The Motherwell teenager has seen his Transfermarkt valuation rise from €25,000 (£22k) to a career-high €400,000 (£351k) in recent times and spent the previous few seasons out on loan with Queen of the South and Cove Rangers. Johnston has obtained an opportunity at Fir Park throughout the present marketing campaign, although, making 13 appearances in all competitions, contributing to three targets.

The Scottish Sun shared an replace concerning Johnston within the final 48 hours, the place West Brom obtained a point out. It was claimed that the Baggies have been considered one of 4 Championship sides to ship membership officers to observe the participant in motion forward of a potential summer time transfer.

The report says that Johnston impressed in a 3-1 win for Motherwell at Hibernian, with Blackburn Rovers, Luton City and Norwich Metropolis additionally sending scouts to observe the participant, who seems to be more and more unlikely to signal a brand new contract along with his present employers.

Might this be one to observe for West Brom?

A Baggies consultant would’ve made a 600-mile spherical journey to observe Johnston in motion, and a possible transfer looks like it could possibly be one to control heading into the summer time.

Choosing up {the teenager}’s companies in a cut-price deal might show to be a shrewd transfer given his contract state of affairs, particularly with Johnston now that includes frequently for Motherwell and even scoring on his Scotland U21 debut earlier within the marketing campaign.

He appears to have loads of curiosity from plenty of Championship sides, with Cardiff City additionally making checks again in February, and will he arrive at The Hawthorns, he might rival the likes of Darnell Furlong and Taylor Gardner-Hickman on the right-hand facet below Carlos Corberan.

With the Baggies nonetheless inside an outdoor likelihood of constructing the play-offs, it stays to be seen which division they are going to be enjoying in subsequent season, however it’s a minimum of promising to see that plans are very a lot in motion forward of what could possibly be a key summer time for the membership both means.