Osaze Odemwingie has charged newly promoted Premier League club, West Bromwich Albion, ahead of the new season.
Albion is looking forward to the new campaign in September following promotion from the Championship, after a two-year exile out of the top flight.
Odemwingie, who remains Albion’s top scorer in the top tier in its current guise, joined a swashbuckling team in 2010, who scored goals aplenty and finished halfway up the table under Roy Hodgson.
From there, they built themselves into an established outfit and their stay in the Premier League was a lengthy one.
Now, there’s a sense for Odemwingie that it’s back to square one in their top flight journey, though he is delighted the Baggies have found their way back from the second tier.
“It will be a test because Premier League defenders are cleverer, faster, stronger,” Odemwingie told Yahoo Sport.
“There is more at stake for them in staying up, there is a different pressure for them to deal with. West Brom is a team that was known as the up-and-down team, but there was a good run from 2010-2018.
“Of course it’s great they reached the Premier League, we want to be in the best league in the country. We’re celebrating, obviously.”
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