Some West Brom fans have been praising their Harvey Barnes on social media following their former loanee’s impressive performance in Leicester City’s win over Aston Villa on Monday evening.
Barnes joined The Baggies on a season-long loan deal in the 2018 summer transfer window. Barnes made a total of 26 Championship appearances for West Brom between August 2018 and January 2019, before subsequently being recalled from his loan spell in the 2019 January transfer window.
According to Transfermarkt.co.uk, Barnes made an impressive total of 16 goal contributions in his 26 Championship appearances for West Brom before being recalled by The Foxes last season.
Barnes has earned praise from some West Brom fans on social media recently, after scoring two goals for Leicester City in a dominant 4-0 win over The Baggies’ “bitter” rivals Aston Villa on Monday evening. Read the positive posts from some West Brom fans regarding their former loanee’s recent goalscoring performance versus rivals Aston Villa in the tweets below.
Give me Harvey Barnes over Grealish or Maddison any day of the week, great player #wba #lcfc
— Adam Ward (@adambaggieward) March 9, 2020
Harvey Barnes carried us last season tbh, no surprise to see him tearing up for Leicester. Guy is class. #wba
— Andy Davies (@adlolzz) March 9, 2020
Gotta live Harvey barnes #WBA
— James Jenkins (@JimJProduction) March 9, 2020
Barnes Barnes will tear you apart again ?#wba #avfc
— dylan ashmore (@WBADyl) March 9, 2020
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Harvey Barnes. Once a Baggie, always a Baggie #WBA #AVFC
— Dave Neale (@baggiedave70) March 9, 2020
Harvey Barnes, once a baggie always a baggie! #wba #avfc #lcfc
— Debney (@NMDebney) March 9, 2020
Harvey Barnes you little legend!! The Villa’s going down ????? #wba
— Alistair Stride (@Stride75) March 9, 2020
What do we think?
Many West Brom fans may have not yet forgotten about Barnes’ impressive performances for The Baggies last season. The playmaker earned an average overall rating of 7.24 for his 26 Championship appearances last season, according to WhoScored.com. Barnes was West Brom’s highest-rated player for the 2018/19 Championship campaign according to WhoScored.
Considering his impressive displays for The Baggies last season, it may be understandable why many West Brom supporters have been gushing over their former loanee on social media following his dominant performance versus rivals Aston Villa, this past Monday.