Suffering two defeats from three since returning to West Bromwich Albion as manager, it’s fair to say that the latest Tony Mowbray era hasn’t quite begun with a bang.
With the window closed, however, there are no more distractions when it comes to incomings or outgoings, meaning every shred of energy can now be put on ensuring the Baggies clinch another playoff spot in the Championship for the second season on the spin.
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Whilst one of the window’s main highlights for the West Midlands side would see the notable addition of Adam Armstrong come in, another big plus was the fact homegrown product Tom Fellows didn’t suddenly depart the club at the final hour, with Premier League interest coming in once more for the 21-year-old.
Fellows’ importance at West Brom
This would have been a harsh blow to deal with at the death, considering Fellows is now a concrete part of the Baggies first team after his big breakout moment last campaign.
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Indeed, the two-time England U21 international has a lot to thank Carlos Corberan for when it comes to his sharp rise at the Hawthorns, with the in-demand talent already up to 77 senior appearances for his boyhood employers.
The Spaniard would hand him 38 of those opportunities last campaign, with the electric Baggies number 31 never looking back from that point onwards, as he continues to go from strength to strength in the first-team spotlight.
This season alone, Fellows has accumulated a mightily impressive ten assists from 31 appearances, taking his overall goal contribution haul to a weighty 21 in the process.
Therefore, it might not come as a great shock to anyone that top-flight outfits have started to sniff about, with Everton even reportedly bidding £10m for Fellows’ services on deadline day.
In the pipeline
In The Pipeline
Thankfully for Mowbray and Co the 21-year-old winger has remained put at the Hawthorns with another midfield star in the same ilk as Fellows already rising up the youth ranks.
West Brom’s next Fellows
This next starlet will hope one day he can strut his stuff with the same confidence and ease as Fellows manages in the senior fold, having already thoroughly impressed figures at the Championship club in the U21 set-up.
