LATEST: West Brom have accepted E23m from Trbzonspor for a young talented defender.

• Cedric Kipre could be leaving West Brom for Trabzonspor after a standout season.
•  West Brom fan Matt Smith believes the club can’t complain about Kipre’s potential departure.
•  Kipre’s impressive 2023/24 campaign marked a successful turnaround in his career at West Brom.
• After an impressive 2023/24 campaign, West Brom could be set to lose centre-back Cedric Kipre, with the defender attracting interest from the continent.

  It’s reported by Turkish outlet Sabah that Trabzonspor are interested in signing the 27-year-old, and with his contract expiring at The Hawthorns this summer, the Baggies are powerless to stop him from leaving.

• The defender joined the Baggies in the summer of 2020, and took a while to make an impact, spending time on loan with Belgian outfit Charleroi and fellow Championship side Cardiff City, but he’s enjoyed a fantastic 2023/24 season with the Baggies, helping them reach the play-offs.

  The club have offered him a new deal at The Hawthorns, but it seems as if they’ll struggle to keep hold of the ex-Wigan man, with Trabzonspor able to offer Kipre European football next season following their recent 3rd place finish in the Turkish Süper Lig.

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• Our West Brom fan pundit, Matt Smith, believes the club can have no complaints if Kipre decides to sign for Trabzonspor, with the player owing the club no loyalty after the way they’ve treated him in the past.

  Speaking to Football League World, Matt said: “I think Kipre is gone, and I thought he’d be going since January, because in my opinion, we’ve not particularly treated him very well ever since he’s been at the club.

  “We’ve shipped him out here there and everywhere, and then the first very good season he has for us happens in the last year of his contract, and we all beg him to sign up again, but in the last three or four years, we’ve been trying to get him off the books.

  “I don’t blame him for maximising the opportunity to go and play football elsewhere. It’s a bit of a blow losing him to Turkey. I don’t see the hype or why that’s such an attractive proposition as opposed to a top five league or the Premier League – but I’m sure that European football is a pull.

• “But I don’t blame him for going, I thought he’d go as he’s not been treated very well, and he doesn’t owe us anything whatsoever, just like we didn’t owe him anything as we shipped him off here there and everywhere.

  “I’ve been resigned that he’s going for a while. It’s a very big blow and a huge loss. For what we can probably attract, he’s irreplaceable, and I don’t think we’ve ever signed someone of his quality, but I was absolutely slagging him off prior to the first game of the season, so who knows?

  “Stranger things have happened, but it’ll be a huge loss though.”