Baggies boost attacking options with fifth summer recruit

I can see that he really wants to be here"
Terry Burton
ALBION have signed Nigeria international striker Brown Ideye from Dynamo Kiev for a club-record transfer fee.

The 25-year-old has put pen to paper on a three-year contract, plus a further year’s option in the club’s favour, after agreeing personal terms and passing a Hawthorns medical.

Ideye will wear the No.9 shirt and becomes the Baggies’ fifth summer signing.

His undisclosed transfer fee surpasses the amount Albion agreed with Sunderland for Stephane Sessegnon last summer. 

The marksman, who boasts Champions League experience, arrives with a proven record having notched 74 goals in 182 career league appearances. 

Ideye will meet his new team-mates when they return from the club’s pre-season training camp in Sacramento, California.

Head coach Alan Irvine said: “Brown is a quality striker and I’m looking forward to working with him.

“He’s a strong, quick, powerful player who likes to get in behind defences and has plenty of Champions League and international experience.”

Ideye will meet his new team-mates when they return from the club’s pre-season training camp in Sacramento, California.

Technical director Terry Burton added: “When I arrived at Albion the recruitment department flagged Brown up as the man at the top of their wish list.

“It is a fantastic signing because of the quality and the potential of the player.

“I can see that he really wants to be here and that he really wants to be playing in the Premier League.

“He’s a dynamic player who likes to get in behind defenders and he has the pace to do so.

“He gets himself into good scoring positions in the box and if there are opportunities then he will get on the end of them.

“We’re looking forward to seeing him play for the club and scoring goals.”

The 5ft11in forward started his career in Nigeria with Ocean Boys before moving to Swiss outfit Neuchâtel Xamax after impressing at the 2007 Fifa World Youth Championship.  

He fired 23 goals in just 55 appearances for Xamax before moving on to Sochaux in France, where he helped his new club achieve a fifth-place Ligue 1 finish, scoring 15 goals. 

During his time with Sochaux, he made his international debut for Nigeria in a 2-1 defeat against South Korea in August 2010.

After being snapped up by Dynamo Kiev in July 2011, he netted 12 goals in his first season with the Ukrainian giants, as they finished as runners-up to Shakhtar Donetsk.

He netted 34 goals in 74 league appearances during his three seasons in Kiev.

In 2013 Ideye helped Nigeria clinch their third Africa Cup of Nations title, scoring in the 4-1 semi-final victory over Mali.

In total he has five goals for the Super Eagles, having been capped on 24 occasions.

http://www.wba.co.uk/news/article/albion-sign-brown-ideye-in-club-record-transfer-1768950.aspx

Goodluck Ideye!

Hmmmmmm.... No9 Like criosly?

Una no call us when Una wan buy am o, na when Una buy am finish we hear o. So no call us when he start to do una koknomi o.
I wish you(Ideye)goodluck sha, you will really need it.

Mehn...! See as those two guys dey laf for that pix, by mid season body go don tell them.

Mehn, this guy get luck sha, Mikel weh play WC sef dey find person weh go buy am for £4.5m

Nice move. Go to west brom and shame keshi.

Congrats bro, always loved your style of play.

shame on keshi

Goodluck to him....

TO COME NEXT

Cardiff signs MIKEL OBI for 5million pounds(club record fee)

goodluck to him too...

we really miss ideye at world cup , with him final or even winning the world cup is certain

hopelink1: we really miss ideye at world cup , with him final or even winning the world cup is certain

Na so na, Westbrom is winning the premier league next season, since they now have him.#winks

enomakos: shame on keshi

How?

another wrong move for Ideye i taught west brom was relegated

omoteamac: Goodluck to him....

TO COME NEXT

Cardiff signs MIKEL OBI for 5million pounds(club record fee)

goodluck to him too...

God forbid another relegated club going for Nigerian players

MEILYN: Nice move. Go to west brom and shame keshi.

shame to keshi, how?, why? for what?.
rather it should be shame to those so called Nigerian sport fan who could no see beyond their nose.. left to keshi, ideye would have made it to Brazil, infact he would be have Been one of the first players to be on the flight. you Nigerian's pressured him, called him names, called him(keshi) gay for sticking with ideye, at the end of the day the man succumbed to pressure and dropped ideye, now you are saying shame on keshi, no, no, no shame on keshi, instead shame on those judgemental, myopic, small minded coach wannabes, with no certificate in coaching and technical insight on the game of football...

God knows we missed ideye in this past world cup, he makes eminike looks good, you really need to have intelligence and well rooted understanding of the round leather game to see that, he doesn't score, but half of the chances created are started by him.

Rikidony: God forbid another relegated club going for Nigerian players

lolsss....but very very few nigerian players(enyeama,omeruo and osaze) deserve an attachment wit the big guns

Let us pray...
Dear lord pls don't let dem put seat belt on his permanent bench position...
Amen

milehigh06:

How?

How..? Don't you know the moral of this story..? God pass man(Keshi) Me and so many of us sef, cos I still find it that Ideye could move to premiership for such amount, even Aghaowa, Osaze, Aiyegbeni, Okocha were not that xpensive.

omoteamac: lolsss....but very very few nigerian players(enyeama,omeruo and osaze) deserve an attachment wit the big guns

Mikel might not be on his prime that dosen't mean he cnt get bak to form

Dannyxy: .. left to keshi, ideye would have made it to Brazil, infactissed ideye in this past world cup, he makes eminike looks good, you really need to have intelligence and well rooted understanding of the round leather game to see that, he doesn't score, but half of the chances created are started by him.

so for ur church mind,IDEYE deserves a place in dat squad abi...?

Dannyxy: shame to keshi, how?, why? for what?.
rather it should be shame to those so called Nigerian sport fan who could no see beyond their nose.. left to keshi, ideye would have made it to Brazil, infact he would be have Been one of the first players to be on the flight. you Nigerian's pressured him, called him names, called him(keshi) gay for sticking with ideye, at the end of the day the man succumbed to pressure and dropped ideye, now you are saying shame on keshi, no, no, no shame on keshi, instead shame on those judgemental, myopic, small minded coach wannabes, with no certificate in coaching and technical insight on the game of football...

God knows we missed ideye in this past world cup, he makes eminike looks good, you really need to have intelligence and well rooted understanding of the round leather game to see that, he doesn't score, but half of the chances created are started by him.

This guy is really funny, so you mean Keshi bowed to pressure by dropping Ideye, did he also bow to pressure by dropping Mba..? Ideye did not even make the 35man list talkless of 23man. Its only Ideye that would say the truth about what transpired btwn him and Keshi.

Rikidony: Mikel might not be on his prime that dosen't mean he cnt get bak to form

sir,he cnt get back to any form..

with his attitude on the field of play,MIKEL can only get worst...

So we need to beg this mods to take this news to Fp..?
Is it easy for a Nigerian player to move for £10m...!? Considering the rubbish we now play, the only Nigerian player that is worth around £15m is Emenike.

Dannyxy: shame to keshi, how?, why? for what?.
rather it should be shame to those so called Nigerian sport fan who could no see beyond their nose.. left to keshi, ideye would have made it to Brazil, infact he would be have Been one of the first players to be on the flight. you Nigerian's pressured him, called him names, called him(keshi) gay for sticking with ideye, at the end of the day the man succumbed to pressure and dropped ideye, now you are saying shame on keshi, no, no, no shame on keshi, instead shame on those judgemental, myopic, small minded coach wannabes, with no certificate in coaching and technical insight on the game of football...

God knows we missed ideye in this past world cup, he makes eminike looks good, you really need to have intelligence and well rooted understanding of the round leather game to see that, he doesn't score, but half of the chances created are started by him.

hmmmmmmmmm.

Chanchit:


This guy is really funny, so you mean Keshi bowed to pressure by dropping Ideye, did he also bow to pressure by dropping Mba..? Ideye did not even make the 35man list talkless of 23man. Its only Ideye that would say the truth about what transpired btwn him and Keshi.

I did not know of any 35 man list, I only of 30 man of list..

Dannyxy: I did not know of any 35 man list, I only of 30 man of list..

So was he in the list you know..?

Chanchit:

So was he in the list you know..?

what is the use of putting him on the list when keshi knows he would not take him, if ideye was in the 30 man list, he would have made it to brasil. and MBA was dropped for indiscipline, just so you know

This is good for Brown, now he'll shine in the spotlight..

Men pasa no'obem ju ese e ga fu na ha bu #ALOBAM

omoteamac: sir,he cnt get back to any form..

with his attitude on the field of play,MIKEL can only get worst...

what attitude are u trying to say....... Does he bite on d field abi u don Eva see am headbutt ni.
Mikel has really done a lot.
Both for chelsea Fc and Naija no doubt abeg
Mike till 2018 Russia

Chanchit: Mehn...! See as those two guys dey laf for that pix, by mid season body go don tell them.

Mehn, this guy get luck sha, Mikel weh play WC sef dey find person weh go buy am for £4.5m

Mikel still has a higher wage structure than Ideye and that is why it will be difficult for any club to want to buy him... unless chelsea would pay some of his wages. If Mikel is earning 80k a week, his new club must pay him at least up to that amount before he can agree to leave, or else he would stay at Chelsea and earn that money until his contract runs out. I'm sure his wage would almost triple what Ideye would earn at West Brom. It doesn't matter if they bought him for 10 million, the bulk of that money belongs to his former club.

Bros make i ask u, if u dey work somewhere and u are contracted to them dey collect 1 million naira, and them want to transfer u where u go dey earn 500k shey u go gree go?

Psalmpy:
what attitude are u trying to say....... Does he bite on d field abi u don Eva see am headbutt ni.
Mikel has really done a lot.
Both for chelsea Fc and Naija no doubt abeg
Mike till 2018 Russia

nigerians always quick to flag a worthless campaign...

By his attitude,i meant *his style of play*.....it is anti-modern-day football...very unlively!!!!

IT MAKES YOU wANNA SLEEP BY FORCE BY FIRE.....

In other news,his style of play is A SLEEPING TABLET...