West Brom’s desperate attempts to sign players, seemingly any players, at the end of the transfer window caused havoc at several European clubs.
The Baggies aren’t usually much covered in the European media but the week before the window closed, and perhaps more so the week after it, they were mentioned in stories all over the place.
Late West Brom moves for players were reported in several countries, and the story always seemed the same: The Premier League club really wanted a player but came in with too little money too late in the transfer window.
One player West Brom could have wrapped up with plenty of breathing space left was Ignacio Camacho. Malaga’s owner even publicly said the player was keen to leave, which seemed to suggest an imminent transfer.
The player has a €18m release clause, which is pretty good value, but West Brom wanted bonuses to be included and to deposit the money in staged payments, so the deal died.
Spain’s El Confidencial say that also killed Malaga’s attempt to re-sign Isco from Malaga on loan – because they planned to use the Camacho money to pay his wages and the loan fee.
Malaga may well have lost their chance to see Isco back at the club, if the player does leave Madrid then next time there’ll surely be wealthier clubs ahead of them.
So West Brom’s trail of transfer destruction just added another failed deal to the list, there could be a movie in this.
