Josh Maja: Why I joined West Brom

Josh Maja has told West Brom’s official website why he joined the Championship side despite links with a few Premier League clubs.

He revealed a short conversation with West Brom gaffer, Carlos Corberán was all that was required to persuade him to sign for the Baggies.

‘Last year was probably the best year of my career in terms of consistency, goals and game time, so yeah, I would say it was a great experience overall.

‘However, I felt like I needed a fresh start just because I had been away from the United Kingdom for a while. I spent four-and-a-half years in France.

‘We knew Albion were one of the clubs interested in me and our ambitions seemed to match quite well.

‘The conversation I had with Carlos Corberán was short. I’ve only spoken to him once, but that’s probably all I needed.

‘I got a really good energy from him. He’s a serious coach with intense ideas and an intense mentality which is something that matches up with me and my values.

‘He’s a football head, which I am as well.

‘I’m hoping to learn a lot from him and to perform well. I’ve heard a lot of great things from team-mates from the past who have said good things about him.’

Maja scored 16 times in 38 appearances for Bordeaux before leaving the Ligu 2 side as a free agent and he hopes he can bring that form to West Brom.

‘You’re going to get a lot of energy, a lot of goals, a lot of assists and an all-round performance from me.

‘I’m not just a guy that brings goals, I want to be able to perform well every game, support my team-mates in the best ways possible and do what my coaches have asked of me.

‘I want to make the fans proud.

‘Scoring goals is always fun and winning games is always fun. I’m hoping to do plenty of that this year with Albion.’