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It’s fair to say that since Guochuan Lai arrived at West Brom in 2016, things haven’t gone according to plan.
After being relegated from the Premier League, they failed to achieve promotion back to the top-flight at the first time of asking.
Lai has failed to pump much investment into the club and the latest update suggests that isn’t set to change. Express & Star report that he has a £4.1m debt that he inherited from Jeremy Peace but cannot repay it due to restrictions into foreign investment from the Chinese government.
Having seen the news on Twitter, West Brom supporters were quite rightly deeply concerned at where the club was heading. One fan said that dark days were ahead and another said it didn’t bode well for Albion’s activity in the transfer market.
Further supporters showed their concern by urging Lai to sell as one fan suggested a North American or European consortium would be better because of the restrictions. One individual said they wanted someone to come in and run the Baggies properly.
West Brom’s current owner bought the club from Peace for an estimated deal worth between £150m-£200m.
Here’s the best of the reaction.
