November 2, 2024
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Callum Marshall: West Bromwich Albion loan striker returns to West Ham - BBC Sport

Karlan Grant expresses gratitude to West Brom boss Carlos Corberan.

Karlan Grant has admitted his gratitude to boss Carlos Corberan for helping to revitalise his Albion career.

Attacker Grant returned from a loan at fellow Championship side Cardiff last season and has been a regular in a ‘left forward’ role, as he describes it, this term.

The 27-year-old, a £15million buy from Huddersfield in 2020, credited the head coach for how he has been managed.

Callum Marshall: West Bromwich Albion loan striker returns to West Ham - BBC Sport

“Carlos is a proper manager, we didn’t have many discussions at the beginning of pre-season,” Grant said. “We had a small squad, it was a matter of everyone getting fit and keeping your head down – that is what I wanted to do.

Callum Marshall: West Bromwich Albion loan striker returns to West Ham - BBC Sport
“I got my head down and did well in pre-season, I was up there fitness-wise, I looked after myself.

Former West Brom striker reveals England close call scuppered at Albion
Former West Brom striker Nathan Ellington has revealed a lack of game time at West Brom cost him a shock England call up.

Callum Marshall: West Bromwich Albion loan striker returns to West Ham - BBC Sport

Ellington, known affectionately by football fans as ‘The Duke’, arrived at Albion from Wigan in 2005 for £3m.

The striker had scored 24 goals in the previous season and was brought to the club by Bryan Robson.

He found himself down the pecking order, with other strikers such as Rob Earnshaw, Kevin Campbell, Kanu, Diomansy Kamara and Geoff Horsfield all at the club.

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