While dust is yet to settle on the failure of Musa to get a deal with West Brom, a startling report has emerged stating that The Baggies opted out of a deal because they felt the Super Eagles’ captain was not good enough to get a spot in their main team.
With the general feeling among top brass of The Baggies being that Musa would again struggle to find a place in heir squad, as he did during a short spell with Leicester City five years ago, the upper echelon at The Hawthorn opted not to seal a deal for the Super Eagles’ skipper.
Megasportsarena.com gathered further that, despite initial reports that WBA coach, Sam Allardyce was keen on signing the 28-year-old free agent, who would have joined Eagles’ colleague, Semi Ajayi at The Hawthorns, the club’s upper echelon ended up with low marks for Musa.
Consequently, an agreement could not be reached with Musa, who actually began training with The Baggies last week in the hope of earning a deal until the end of the campaign, thereby leaving the fading frontman continuing his search for a club in the first quarter of 2021.
Alarmingly, a report by The Express & Star has now disclosed that Albion decided against offering Musa because ‘they already have stronger players in his preferred position out wide, thereby shutting the door on the Jos-born ace.
That put an end to all talk about a deal between West Brom and Musa, who became Leicester’s record signing in 2016, when The Foxes paid £16.6m to sign him from CSKA Moscow of Russia, but the pacy winger, who has also played for Kano Pillars, VV Van Venlo of Holland and Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia, remains a free agent and can still join another club outside the transfer window.
However, the official explanation by Allardyce is that Albion had run out of money for a deal with Musa, having already signed Robert Snodgrass, Andy Lonergan, Mbaye Diagne and Okay Yokuslu in January.
Allardyce disclosed: “It was a shame Musa didn’t come in earlier because of Covid and he may have been one of the four we brought in but because he was the fifth it couldn’t get done. We bought four players in so that didn’t fall within our budget.”
