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Peter Odemwingie's reputation has become so impressive at West Brom that the Premier League managers recently named him among the top three of the best new signings in the top flight. The Nigeria international was only behind Spurs schemer Rafael van der Vaart and level with Manchester City's David Silva in a poll conducted by Barclays, title sponsor of the League Managers Association (LMA),
And those two players cost substantially more than the £2.5 million required by Albion to prise Odemwingie out of Lokomotiv Moscow last summer.
When Odemwingie arrived in August as West Brom's sixth summer signing, his reputation didn't exactly precede him. Despite appearing at the World Cup Finals with Nigeria, Albion fans had seen enough foreign duds over the years at the Hawthorns to be excited about another little-known new recruit.
Remember Iffy Udeze, Sekou Berthe and Williams Martinez? No? Not many others do either.
But Odemwingie has emerged as a key player in Albion's battle to beat relegation and once again proved just how vital the role of Dan Ashworth, the Sporting & Technical Director, has proved for the Baggies.
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