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Report: Allardyce keen to retain Yokuslu at West Brom as Celta Vigo prepare to sell

Kyle Archer

Thu 6 May 2021 9:15, UK

West Bromwich Albion have𒁏 been given a boost in Sam Allardyce’s plans to retain Okay Yokuslu, wi🌺th reporting that Celta Vigo are preparing to sell the midfielder this summer.

Yokuslu’s parent La Liga ♉outfit are desperate to cash in on those deemed surplus to requirements by head coach Eduardo Coudet, and will strive to balance the books in the summer market by offloading those on high wages.

West Brom are seen to have acquired Yokuslu at the low point of his Celta Vigo career in January, but have since witnessed the 27-year-old establish himself as a fixture of Allardyce🌼’s midfield having Premier League fixture thus fa🅷r.

Allardyce is eager to see the Baggies re🥀tain Yokuslu having marked the £31,000-per-week () brute as his top-target, depending on securing his side’s unlikely top-flight sta𒐪tus.

“Let’s talk about Okay playing for Weꦡst Brom in the Premier League, because the first thing we’ll do if we stay up is sign him up, absolutely. It’ll be the first thing on the agenda,” Allardyce said, via quotes by , last month.

West Brom were unable to agree on a purchase clause as part of Yokuslu’s temporary switch, and are now expected to face strong competition for his signature with rival Premier League in🍎terest highly likel��y.

The Hawt𒉰horns natives also face a heightened asking price given Yokuslu’s form in the West Midlands, with Celta Vigo believed to have feared recouping part of the €6million (£5.1m) paid to Trabzonspor in 2018 before his loan exit.

Yokuslu is further expected to be named in Senol Gunes’ Tukey squad for this summer’s European Championships, which wi꧋ll offer the 🐷international further opportunities to showcase his talents to potential suitors.

TBR’s view:

It appears very un💮likely that West Brom will be able to pull off one of the Premier League’s greatest escapes, with the Baggies with🔴 just 12 points still on the table.

But relegation to the Championship should not prevent the Hawthorns natives from exploring a꧑ move to retain Yokuslu beyond his loan spell, given Celta Vigo’s readiness to strike a deal and the impact he has brought to Allardyce’s plans.

Yokuslu has clearly left a great impression on the West Brom bos𒁏s ༺given his prior comments on the midfielder’s future, while Adrian Goldberg backed the ‘forceful’ brute to be the core of a side capable of securing promotion back to the top-flight, while speaking on .

It remains to be seen if West Brom will be able to pay whatever Celta Vigo demand to sell Yokuslu, but the West Midlands outfit must throw their h🍌at into the ring when the chance arrives.