Talk about making the most of your opportunity.
Jake Clarke-Salter hasn’t been able to tie down a regular spot in the Birmingham City team so far this season, starting just 14 times in the league before this weekend’s game against West Bromwich Albion.
However, with Marc Roberts being one of a number of players missing the game through injury, Clarke-Salter was slotted into the team alongside club captain Harlee Dean, and put in a very good shift, keeping one of the best attacks in the league at bay as we held them to a 0-0 draw.
If you take a look at his stats from the game, he won 100% of his tackles, intercepted the ball once, cleared the ball six times, and had a pass completion percentage of 92%, so he helped in attack as well as in defence.
So when the club’s Twitter feed put out this appreciation post on Sunday, it was only right that fans took the time to praise his efforts on the day, with some suggesting that his displays so far this season were good enough to consider us making his loan deal permanent.
— Oliver Hatton #TTAOUT (@OllieHattonBCFC) June 21, 2020
Sign him up!
— BCFC & Birmingham Legion Supporters (@BcfcLegion) June 21, 2020
Improved so much after slow start. If the rumours are true about him being valued at £5m it’s an absolute steal and we have to make it permanent.
— dale (@zdpj_) June 21, 2020
Quality player, need to do all we can to sign him up
— Michael Jabbari (@mike1983jabbari) June 21, 2020
This is the correct defender to be praising, well done
— Matt (@mattthomas97_) June 21, 2020
Sign him up permanently💙
— James (@jamesbcfc_) June 21, 2020
What about you? What did you make of Clarke-Salter’s display?