Not many players can return to a club following a transfer saga that all but blew up their reputation with a fanbase, and Saido Berahino managed just that.
[Genuine poll]
Would be open to the idea of a Berahino return?#WBA
— Baggies Analytics (@Baggiesanalytic) March 22, 2020
The former West Brom star left the club as a villain after the ex-England youth international reacted horribly in the summer of 2015 to the Baggies rejecting late bids from Tottenham for him, with Berahino declaring on Twitter via BBC Sport that he would never play for the club under then-chairman Jeremy Pearce again.
Should West Brom re-sign Saido Berahino?
Yes
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Berahino was eventually shipped off to Stoke City in 2017 where his career has since petered out into obscurity, yet a recent Instagram video via AlbionTalk of the striker wearing a West Brom shirt has got supporters on social media debating whether or not the 26-year-old attacker deserves a second chance at the Hawthorns, with a few fans saying the damage he caused still lingers.
Here’s what some West Brom supporters had to say about the prospect of Berahino returning on Twitter…
How could anyone say yes to this? ☹️
— stuart walton (@stuwolwalton) March 22, 2020
no way pedro
— Kiran Gill (@KiranGill0) March 22, 2020
No just for the simple fact of his attitude before he left. Nothing saying he won’t do the exact same again at the end of 1 or 2 seasons
— Adam Parry (@PukkaPieParry) March 22, 2020
Is sooner go for a walk down Moscow High st tonight than have him back.
— Kid Cookster (@kidcookster) March 22, 2020
Even without looking at attitude and past conduct, he’s just not been good enough for quite a few years now to consider
— G-WBA (@LocalBaggiesFan) March 22, 2020
No way
— Ben Simmonds (@Bensim08) March 22, 2020
Berahino is currently playing for Belgian side S.V. Zulte Waregem, with the former Premier League striker bagging six goals so far this season.