Nyom, who will wear the club’s No.2 jersey, has put pen-to-paper on a four-year contract and is expected to be put straight in the starting line-up for the clash away at Bournemouth on September 10.
Advertisement
West Brom are close to finalising a £3million deal for Watford defender Allan Nyom.
The Baggies are pushing ahead with a deal for Robson Kanu after the 27-year-old was granted permission to leave the Wales squad.
Nyom joined Watford from Granada in the summer of 2015 and made 36 appearances during his first season in the Premier League.
The 28 year-old made 32 appearances last season for Quique Sanchez Flores’ side and kept nine clean sheets, with one assist.
But the Hornets’ new chief Walter Mazzarri favours three at the back in a system not suited to the defender.
He is a natural right-back, unlike Craig Dawson who has been filling in over the last couple of years, and should claim the shirt after the global break.
“Last year was my first in England. I enjoyed it a lot”, Nyom told West Brom’s official website.
He becomes Tony Pulis’s fourth signing of the transfer window after Matt Phillips, Brendan Galloway and Nacer Chadli.
Advertisement
“The Premier League is completely different to other leagues” Nyom finishes, saying there is “more intensity, more fight. the atmosphere in England is better than Spain”.
