Super Eagles’ captain, Ahmed Musa will have to fight tooth and nail to tie down a regular shirt with West Bromwich Albion of England, as his move to The Baggies has been described as a ‘trial’ for the fleet-footed attacker, megasportsarena.com reports.
In contrast with initial speculation that Musa was highly sought by The Baggies to sign before the close of the January transfer window, fresh facts have emerged to indicate that it was the former Al-Nassr of Saudi Arabia star’s camp that put pressure on the English Premier League club for a deal.
That came at the verge of Musa returning to one of his former clubs, CSKA Moscow of Russia, where he had the best part of his illustrious career, following his arrival from VV Van Venlo of Holland and a return on loan from Leicester City of England before moving to Saudi Arabia.
He was very close to pulling off a third deal with The Armymen, until his agents were able to swing a deal with WBA, who have a strong tradition of Nigerian players, dating back to Nwankwo Kanu, Ifeanyi Udeze, Aide Brown Ideye and Victor Anichebe, with Semi Ajayi now currently part of their mainframe.
However, in the midst of other celebrated January signings at The Hawthorns, a stunning report by sportsmole revealed that Musa ‘is also to arrive for a trial, delayed due to coronavirus protocols,’ after West Brom completed the deadline day loan signings of England international, Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Turkey midfielder, Okay Yokuslu.
The report adds that all three players are part of the influx at The Hawthorns to aid The Baggies’ battle against relegation from the EPL, with the club 19th in the table ahead of Tuesday’s trip to rock-bottom Sheffield United, with WBA now nine points from safety after Brighton’s shock 1-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday.
Maitland-Niles, capped five times by England, joins from Arsenal, while Yokuslu has come from Celta Vigo as they join Andy Lonergan, Robert Snodgrass and Mbaye Diagne in arriving at the midlands club in this transfer window, much to the delight the team’s coach, Sam Allardyce (Big Sam).
Allardyce conceded: “As a manager I would have liked them in quicker. Would it have made a difference? Who knows? The important thing is that we get them in the end because there are 17 games to go and hopefully points and wins will come more often than defeats – that will be the key element.
“We’re desperate to get three points at Sheffield United. We are both in the worst positions we can be in, so we have to go out and perform, be better than Sheffield United and take our chances when they arrive.”
