West Brom struck gold with Karlan Grant

West Bromwich Albion haven’t loved the best of begins to the Championship season, as they sit 21st, having received simply once from ten video games.

Steve Bruce has been crying out for a objective scorer, as his aspect solely have 15 objectives in these video games (with 5 coming in a single match). Brandon Thomas-Asante reveals promise however continues to be uncooked, and Daryl Dike stays injured.

Has Karlan Grant been successful at West Brom?

That simply leaves Karlan Grant to shoulder an unimaginable burden up entrance, which he has considerably struggled with.

Nonetheless, his profession up to now on the Hawthorns must be considered as one thing of successful.

Signed for £15m by Slaven Bilic, he solely managed one Premier League objective in his debut season.

The season following, nevertheless, he was in a position to actually flex his muscle tissue in entrance of objective. He scored an astounding 18 league objectives within the Championship, proving that he has the potential to fireplace them again to the top-flight ought to he be handed the service. He additionally supplied six assists that season.

He unsurprisingly was voted Gamers’ Participant of the Season for that marketing campaign, additional solidifying the significance he’ll maintain for the Baggies.

Paul Robinson had predicted that he would thrive that yr too, as he claimed: “This season West Brom followers will see the most effective of Karlan Grant.”

He continued: “The Premier League was an enormous step up for him and he discovered it very troublesome to start out off with. He by no means gained his confidence and we by no means noticed the good participant who was within the Championship.”

With simply three league objectives this season, he has endured a gradual begin.

However along with his previous being so laden with objectives, 23 actually for Albion, he’s certain to come back good as soon as extra eventually. When on kind, there are few higher within the division who might hearth a aspect again as much as the Premier League, and we would see that “good participant” as soon as extra.

The £15m outlay might have been vital on the time, but when at some point he does rating the objectives obligatory for a promotion, it’ll have been greater than value it. Certainly, the prize of a spot within the top-flight is value considerably greater than Grant’s switch payment.