So it’s finally come to an end, the long speculated departure of Jonny Evans from West Bromwich Albion has now come to pass and he’s joined Leicester City for a cut-price relegation induced fee.
Jonny Evans has joined @LCFC for an undisclosed fee.
We wish Jonny well in the future.#WBAhttps://t.co/62pB7aFQng
— West Bromwich Albion (@WBA) June 8, 2018
With so many clubs, especially Arsenal last January, linked with the Northern Ireland international, sadly 2017/18 just soured the relationship between fans and the player and that has certainly come out in the reactions to news of his departure this week.
Whilst the fee is officially undisclosed, as is now commonplace in football, the release fee on relegation has long been speculated to be only a paltry £3.5million but what we don’t gain in transfer funds, we no doubt benefit from in wages.
The briefest of statements from wba.co.uk wishes our former captain well for the future and simply states he made 96 appearances for the club, with a return of five goals in his three years with us.
As hinted at above, the reaction from fans to his departure probably needs no explanation and there are plenty of comments I simply cannot repeat and also a number of Gifs it would be wrong of me to show here as well.
Shame it ended this way, but it always seemed to be heading in this direction. Some did have praise though and others pointed out the stupidity of the decision to give him such a low release fee.
Hope he doesn’t get as many calf injuries as he did last season
????????— Nice One Cyrille (@Sie_the_donkey) June 8, 2018
Great player but shite attitude, doubt he’ll be missed
— Ryan (@Ryan_wba1) June 8, 2018
Bottle of fizz on chill to celebrate tonight pic.twitter.com/OFfuIx5FTP
— Aaron Luxton (@aaron_luxton) June 8, 2018
Lucky escape. I wouldn't even wish him on Arsenal. Nothing player, rubbish Captain.
— Philip Sidaway (@philip_sidaway) June 8, 2018
Good riddance
— maureen clark (@maurpc) June 8, 2018
Brilliant first 2 seasons,last season waste of space.
— Alex (@AlexCurrie_) June 8, 2018
Probably best for both parties. Was great when he first joined us and all the way up until he went off the rails a bit last season. Obviously wanted away from the hawthorns for some time so it’s always best to let players go if the Albion isn’t there priority
— Sam ?? (@What_Sam_Said) June 8, 2018
He disgraced himself with his behaviour in Barcelona and not putting in enough effort towards the latter part of the season. Was a different player before Man City and Arsenal came knocking.
— Chris Cartwright (@ccc1990) June 8, 2018
Quality defender. Shit last season though.
— rhett___wba (@rhetthickenwba) June 8, 2018
Just an afterthought though. It's one reason we are in such a mess when we sell a player for 3.5 million who is worth about 3 times that and it is in 2 instalments. That's peanuts so why 2 installments??? Great financial management West Brom!
— Mike sargent (@Mikesar08970482) June 8, 2018
Congratulations on your move. No matter what some say you were a class above most of our players
— Mike sargent (@Mikesar08970482) June 8, 2018
