Confirmed Transfer Albrighton loan to WBA

[Bezu Fache Fox]

Finally

 

[Bezu Fache Fox]

 

[Jeff]

What?

 

[Jeff]

Long-serving Leicester City midfielder Marc Albrighton has joined Championship side West Bromwich Albion on loan for the remainder of the 2022/23 season, subject to league approval.

The 33-year-old joined City after leaving Aston Villa in the summer of 2014 and has made 295 appearances for the Foxes in all competitions so far, scoring 19 goals.

A favourite among the Blue Army, Albrighton has been at the heart of some of the most memorable moments in the Club’s history, most notably the 2015/16 Premier League title win and more recently the Emirates FA Cup triumph in 2020/21.

Albrighton signed a new three-year deal with the Football Club in the summer of 2021, which will see him reach a decade as a Leicester City player in 2024.

He heads to the Hawthorns for the second half of the current campaign, linking up with a Baggies side who are currently 10th in the Championship table ahead of their home tie against Coventry City on Friday 3 February (8pm kick-off).

 

[DillyDing22]

Confirmed.

He is far far too good for that league. Would rather have him around the club.

 

[Joe_Fox]

I feel like this one has taken the edge off the transfer window. Love ya Marc. Good luck at the Baggies.

 

[Brown Nose]

 

[Bezu Fache Fox]

What?

Day off tomorrow and decided to have a couple of beers tonight, shambles. Cant handle it anymore!

 

[Miles Away]

Nope. Don't like that.

 

[londonfox]

He is far far too good for that league. Would rather have him around the club.

He isn’t.

 

[pork pie fox]

A good influence gone from the squad, not a fan of this myself. Could still do a job for us.

 

[camberwell fox]

Not pleased about this really. We should be using him as an impact sub to change games.

 

[tedfoxxx]

Don’t see the logic in this but if it’s come from Marc himself wanting to get some first team football then I’m fine with it.

 

[Biffa Bacon]

I guess that he just wants the opportunity to actually play football rather than warm a bench at this stage of his career, good luck Marc.

 

[pork pie fox]

Don’t see the logic in this but if it’s come from Marc himself wanting to get some first team football then I’m fine with it.

Yes that’s fair enough.

 

[Payne74]

Not pleased about this really. We should be using him as an impact sub to change games.

He's gone because he doesn't do that anymore.

 

[camberwell fox]

He's gone because he doesn't do that anymore.

He's gone because he rarely has the opportunity anymore.

 

[Fox Fan]

He's gone because he rarely has the opportunity anymore.

And yet, when he has in recent times, he's looked good. I think he got MoTM against Fulham.

 

[camberwell fox]

And yet, when he has in recent times, he's looked good. I think he got MoTM against Fulham.

Indeed, perhaps some people need to watch the game sometimes. Whenever I have seen him play he has done well, albeit without anyone to hit a cross to in the box.

 

[Fox Fan]

Indeed, perhaps some people need to watch the game sometimes. Whenever I have seen him play he has done well, albeit without anyone to hit a cross to in the box.

He would have gotten a lot more game time if we still had a player like Ulloa in the squad.

We often talk about the lack of a right winger, but in terms of changing a game, it would probably be more important to have a striker that can score with his head. All 3 strikers on the books at the moment need the ball at their feet, which is fine when we can get in behind, but too often we get stuck on the edge of the box, passing sideways, because there's no point and no danger crossing it in.