West Brom could axe star who earns more than Maja & Johnston combined.West Bromwich Albion fans are still very much in dreamland at the moment, with a 1-0 win over Plymouth Argyle last time out in Championship action further consolidating their team’s spot as early league leaders.
Carlos Corberan’s Baggies are yet to taste defeat this season too in the league, with five wins and one draw picked up from six total clashes to date, as promotion dreams start to be tentatively discussed.
Josh Maja has been sensational for his promotion-chasing side so far, having wriggled free now of any injury issues that plagued his first full season in the West Midlands to become a goal machine finally.
Maja’s season so far
The former Sunderland youth product has been a revelation for Corberan’s men this season to date, having only managed to be fit for 12 Championship games all last campaign, with just one paltry goal coming his way.
Now, however, the 25-year-old attacker is a man possessed as the Baggies’ leading man up top, with a stunning six goals managed from six league encounters, including netting the winning goal last match against Wayne Rooney’s Pilgrims.
Scoring every 81 minutes for his side in the second tier, the on-fire number nine will aim to keep up his blistering form as Corberan’s men also strive to remain at the top of the division for as long as possible.
West Brom are managing to pick up these sensational results without even getting the best out of Mikey Johnston on his permanent return yet, having been placed on the substitutes bench for his two league games back at the Baggies so far, with the West Brom boss well aware that the former Celtic man can tear second tier defences to shreds when at the peak of his powers.
His seven second tier goals last season from 18 games helped West Brom clinch a playoff spot, and he will no doubt come in handy this time around as well, even if he is being kept out of the main XI currently by a resurgent Karlan Grant.
Amazingly, however, despite Maja and Johnston looking like they’ll both be vital as their side continue to hunt down promotion, the entertaining attacking duo earn less per week combined than injury-prone Daryl Dike, as per Capology, who still remains sidelined after a horror injury against Ipswich Town in February this year.
