It wasn’t a fantastic transfer window for West Bromwich Albion in reality. We saw a number of arrivals as head coach Darren More stamps his mark on the squad but he didn’t get everyone he wanted and we also saw some bizarre boardroom decisions – namely the departures of Salomon Rondon on a deal I still don’t fully understand and the late deal seeing waster Nacer Chadli finally removed from our wage bill.
The player headed to French Ligue One side AS Monaco for a fee claimed to be £10million and my initial reaction was ‘goodbye’ and let’s hope he doesn’t gain a genuine injury now.
Other fans on social media weren’t quite as restrained as I was but undoubtedly not getting his release fee as I remember it being reported was a disappointment and an insult given his ‘professionalism’ during his time with us.
oh, and don't forget the 8m he picked up in wages during that time. Total Charlatan.
— Jonny (@baggyabroad) August 31, 2018
cause we want his £40,000 a week wages off the books
— tomwba (@tomwba1982) August 30, 2018
Any #wba fans that think we are going to re-invest the Chadli money, think again. Had ALL summer to sell him and spend the money. Typical Albion this, sell someone so close to a deadline and then say ‘time ran out we couldn’t get anyone in, in time.’ Always the same. #wba
— Tom Tom (@wbatom26) August 30, 2018
I think its more the £40,000 a week he's on either sat on the bench or the treatment table
— tomwba (@tomwba1982) August 30, 2018
Got plenty of youngsters that deserve a chance
— Nick Clayton (@Nickcla71) August 30, 2018
Or Woods from Brentford
— tomwba (@tomwba1982) August 30, 2018
Glad to see that Chadli's being sold, should've happened last summer, but must admit i was expecting us to get a bigger fee than that. Will surely go down as one of our worst signings imo. Not due to a lack of talent though which makes it worse.#Chadli #WBA
— Dominic Cox (@Dominic_s_Cox) August 30, 2018
All well and good selling Chadli for €12m plus £40k wages off the books, but will that money be reinvested come January? I doubt it. #WBA
— joe ???? (@joekapalo) August 30, 2018
Now, I’m not concerned the deal went through late and we didn’t have time to source a replacement, I think we’ve already got twice the player in loanee Harvey Barnes and twice the player in Matty Phillips and twice the player in Oliver Burke.
We’ll miss Chadli like humanists will miss Donald Trump when he finally lies himself to death but you can’t help feel we were shafted on the fee.