West Brom wasted £10.6m on Hawthorns flop who earned more than Maja
West Bromwich Albion fans must be getting a little fed up with their team stumbling when it comes to promotion back to the big time of the Premier League, with the Baggies routinely slipping up in the lottery of the Championship playoffs.
Under Carlos Corberan, his unfortunate side lost out to eventual promotion winners Southampton last season in the playoff mix, whilst the 2018/19 season saw caretaker boss James Shan lead his team to a fourth-place finish only for them to come unstuck when push came to shove.
Corberan will know that Josh Maja’s goals could fire his side to promotion if he can keep up his electric form, with the ex-Sunderland striker at the very top of his game now donning West Brom colours.
Maja is already onto eight goals in the second tier for his promotion-chasing side, with the on-fire Baggies talisman only beaten in the top scorer charts by Norwich City star Borja Sainz, who boasts an outstanding 11 strikes.
It’s not been constant sunshine for Maja, however, who did go five clashes on the spin without a goal recently, before instinctively firing home against Luton Town to start his November off on better footing.
West Brom’s patience with the 25-year-old attacker has more than paid off after he endured a nightmare first campaign with the club, which saw him start just one league game owing to bad luck in the injury department.
