West Brom accept offer from Luton Town for Alex Palmer

West Brom have accepted an offer from Luton Town for goalkeeper Alex Palmer ahead of the new season, according to Tom Collomosse.

Writing on his personal Twitter account (29 July), the Daily Mail journalist reports that the Premier League club have had an offer accepted for the 26-year-old shot-stopper as the Baggies need investment.

The club have decided to accept the offer for an undisclosed amount as they have Josh Griffiths at the club, who at 21-years-old is seen as having a big future at the club.

“West Brom accept offer from Luton for goalkeeper Alex Palmer,” he wrote.

“Club had two good goalkeepers in Palmer and Josh Griffiths. They also need investment this summer.

“At 21, Griffiths is five years younger.”

Crazy

West Brom need money, and the fact this is the first summer without parachute payments definitely plays a part, but this is a crazy turn of events.

Palmer has started pre-season as the number one goalkeeper once again and with the new season set to start in a week there was no expectation that he would be leaving.

However with Luton struggling to find a new stopper they have moved quickly and with our financial situation the way it is, it seems as though we didn’t really have a choice but to accept the offer.

It will be interesting to find out how much the bid is actually for, but if the club see Josh Griffiths as a potential number one for the future then this is the perfect opportunity to do that and give him that chance.

The money can be reinvested into other areas of the squad so Carlos Corberan can push for promotion, but at this stage of the window Palmer’s exit is a massive blow.

Town attacker determined to stay fit and contribute for the Millers after making Luton switch

Luton winger Fred Onyedinma is determined to stay fit and contribute on a more consistent basis for Rotherham United in the upcoming Championship campaign after agreeing a season-long switch to the Millers yesterday.

The 26-year-old did play a role in the Hatters’ play-off success last term, as after featuring in the semi-final first leg against Sunderland, he came on during the latter stages of the final triumph over Coventry City, playing the whole of extra time at Wembley before Town then won 6-5 on penalties.

However, he only had seven starts in total due to a number of nagging injuries suffered throughout the course of the season, a problem he also had in the previous campaign when playing 29 times in the league, but only 14 from the opening whistle.

Onyedinma now wants to put that right with his new club, as speaking to Rotherham’s official website, he said: “With Luton, it’s like here, no-one expected us to get promoted and we just had a good group, a good group of lads.

“We just worked hard and luckily enough we got promoted.

“I feel like even though I contributed a few games with Luton last season, I was injured for a lot of the season, so I feel like I can contribute more and there’s more to come from me here.

“I’ve played Rotherham on a few occasions with Wycombe as well and it’s always been not an easy place to come.

“You just have to be on your game to be able to beat a team like Rotherham.”

Onyedinma is the fourth player to leave Luton since they reached the top flight, Elliot Thorpe and Jack Walton both sealing loan moves away and Carlos Mendes Gomes sold to Bolton Wanderers.

The ex-Millwall and Wycombe attacker, who can also play wingback, revealed that Millers boss Matt Taylor made his drop back to the second tier an easy one, adding: “I spoke to the manager and he was a big factor in bringing me here.

“He spoke to me, he showed me what I could be doing for the team, what I could offer the team and how he sees the team going so that was a huge factor in me coming here.”