Injury news at Ipswich Town may create an opportunity for former West Brom winger Jeremy Sarmiento to showcase his abilities. Sarmiento, who had an unproductive spell at West Brom, has demonstrated potential at Ipswich through his contributions in terms of goals and assists. With a potential injury opening up a starting spot, the young winger could seize the chance to shine and potentially make an impact against his former club, West Brom.With both Championship clubs currently in the play-off places and aiming for promotion to the Premier League, the Midlands side may regret that they were unable to hold onto the young star for the remainder of the campaign, should he end up having decisive moments in the battle.
West Brom may live to regret Sarimento’s loan spell
During his time at the Hawthorns, Sarmiento’s productivity was not at its peak for a creative player, managing only two goals and no assists in 21 appearances for West Brom. His role mostly involved coming off the bench, which led to speculation that this may have influenced Brighton’s decision to recall him early from loan.
Shortly after his recall, Sarmiento joined Ipswich Town, a fellow promotion contender. Since then, there has been a slight increase in his productivity, possibly fueled by a desire to prove himself. He has since scored three goals and provided two assists in just 14 appearances for Ipswich.
Sarmiento’s majority of appearances at Portman Road have come from the bench, which initially might not have concerned West Brom too much. However, with Burns now sidelined due to injury, there might be a need for Sarmiento to shift from his usual left-wing position to the right flank. Despite this change, Sarmiento has experience playing on the right wing earlier in his career and would likely embrace any opportunity for more first-team minutes.
He could come back to haunt West Brom in their promotion hopes
Although it has been a useful season for the 21-year-old, he will certainly be entering the final part of this campaign feeling like he has a point to prove, having spent more time than he would have liked on the bench during both loan spells.
That may fire him to some inspired performances, but what may worry Baggies fans more is the potential that the two clubs meet in the play-offs.
If Sarmiento has a point to prove based on this season, he certainly has a point to prove against his former loan club.
His departure from the Hawthorns was amicable, wishing the squad and fans well on his departure, but he would surely like nothing more than to make those at the club wish they had put more faith in him and potentially kept him for the whole season.
Were he to have a decisive moment in a play-off battle against his former side, it would make a painful situation for West Brom that little bit worse.
Players tend to have a knack for turning up against former clubs, especially ones where the player perhaps feels like they didn’t give the best account of themselves.
The Baggies may hope that Ipswich go up automatically, saving the heartbreak and avoiding the risk of facing a fired-up former player.
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