Whos going and whos staying at the Hawth

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West Bromwich Albion will be plying their trade in the Championship next season and expectations for the new season are varied among fans, with a lot hinging on what the squad will look like and who the new manager will be. With recent results going the way they have, and the whole atmosphere rejuvenated at the club under Moore, the case is getting stronger for him to remain as manager. A crucial part of judging whether promotion is a realistic expectation to have for next season, is which players stay and leave. Fans will  Trenton Irwin Jersey have their own choices as to who should leave and who should stay, but certainly, there are a select few who seem destined to depart the Hawthorns sooner rather than later.Jonny Evans is the name the springs to mind for this exact topic. Last summer, there was interest from Manchester City who had their bid rejected by Albion and there has to be at least some part of Evans that regrets not pushing for the move given the current climate. There was also interest from Arsenal the summer before last, but again bids were rejected. Actually, Arsenal returned with another bid in January but that was turned down. WBA wanted to sell Evans to all intents and purposes to raise funds but didnt deem the 12m the Gunners were willing to cough up enough to warrant rubberstamping the transfer. Evans is undoubtedly the best defender the club has, but the gamble of keeping him to try and keep the club in the Premier League has backfired. In hindsight, it would have been better to take the 23m offered by Man City and move on, now knowing that the Northern Ireland international has a release clause of 3m if (when) Albion are relegated. In modern football, that is a piffling figure for a player of his quality and whichever club swoops in to activate that clause have got themselves a bargain.However, who at the club signed off the clause in his contract that allows him to leave for 3m if relegated? Yes, it was part of the strategy to do anything  Daxton Hill Jersey to get Evans to sign for the club 3 years ago but even so it seems stupid. The club did seem to be far away from relegation 3 years ago, and it has only changed this season, although you can argue over a year now the decline has set in. The notion that he would stay at the club in the Championship when he could remain in the Premier League, and could easily go to a top club is, frankly, absurd. West Ham has been mentioned, but surely Liverpool would go for him. Evans is certainly a better option than Klavan and is more defensively sound than Lovren and even Matip. Van Dijk and Evans would be a top centre-back pairing and should put to bed any defensive worries the Reds have with Robertson as left back and Alexander-Arnold as right back to make up the rest of the back four.The other factor in this is that the fans have accepted his imminent departure, with the introduction of him against Liverpool receiving loud boos. Those in the terraces also booed him when the announcer said it was Evans who had scored the first goal. Surely a first at the Hawthorns, booing their own player. He didnt endear himself to fans with the Barcelona incident, and ever since that story broke the  Boomer Esiason Jersey clock has been ticking on his stay at Albion.Another player that Albion have recruited from a team in the top 6 is former Spurs man Nacer Chadli. Figures cant be pointed at the Belgian for this seasons capitulation as he hasnt played since October, therefore fans cant really gripe about his inevitable move to PL club in the summer. He fell out with former bo s Tony Pulis last summer over the training regime, but many players dont like this. Indeed, Michael Owen has been vocal about the reason why he retired from the game was because of Pulis se sions. Off the back of that, Swansea wanted to capitalise on this by prying him away from the Midlands for a fee in the region of 20m. In spite of the falling out, Albion didnt lower their asking price for the Belgian and maintained the value they saw in him at 25m. This was completely justified, as he could get into a good number of sides in the top division of English football.Crucially, though, he isnt going to be a player that is willing to fight in the second division when he will have offers from higher clubs. He is what is known as a luxury player. He doesnt fight for the cause, one to roll up his sleeves and do the dirty work. The quality he po se ses, mind, will mean clubs will be willing to fork out the 17m required to buy him out of his contract. This would mean Albion would make a small profit on the fee they paid 2 summers ago, but with injuries plaguing his spell in the Black Country there will be always a sense of what could have been. An impre sive start has never materialised into anything  Logan Wilson Jersey else but still a risk worth taking for many PL clubs that are relatively stable, perhaps Bournemouth, West Ham, Newcastle etc.The final player known to have release clause as yet is Salomon Rondon, who can move on from the club if another club pas 16.5m. This, like Chadlis clause, would mean Albion would make a small profit but nothing spectacular. Unlike Chadli, he is a genuine grafter who tends to have his better games holding the ball up against the bigger sides in the league to bring others into play. His playing style is what youd expect from a stereotypical English centre forward, which is exactly what many pundits admire in him. Rondon was rejuvenated under Pardew after having a torrid time in the closing stages of Pulis reign, with Pardew saying Rondon was the best targetman he ever worked with. That confidence boost translated into his goalscoring form where it improved to better than a goal every 3 games. It isnt prolific by any stretch of the imagination, but it was miles better than under Pulis. Perhaps this was the only positive to take from Pardews tenure.The Venezuelan is a favourite with fans who respect his grit and determination even during the almost never ending losing streak. This obviously buys him time at the club, unlike someone in particular who we will get to later. Given the way he has connected with the club over the past 3 years, I suspect he will remain at the club for at least a season in the Championship, although that may  C.J. Uzomah Jersey change depending on how likely promotion is in the future. For instance, if Albion replicate Sunderland or Wolves (which isnt outside of the realms of po sibility) and drop down another division then Rondon will jump ship. His physical style may be more suited to the Championship, so he should in all likelihood score more goals. In order to be prolific, ideally he would have a strike partner which brings us on nicely to Jay Rodriguez.Rodriguez transferred to Albion for a fresh start from an injury plagued spell on the South coast, but it hasnt been the season he was hoping for. Personally, he has had an injury free season which is positive and in January was in the best form he had been in for 4 years