- Lewis Dobbin only made one Championship start while on loan at West Brom
- The 21-year-old forward left Aston Villa immediately after signing from Everton
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Aston Villa's 21-year-old striker Lewis Dobbin is close to joining Championship side Norwich City on loan.
Bought in the summer from Everton for £10m, Dobbin spent the first half of the season on loan at West Brom, although he failed to make an impact for the Baggies.
The youngster has already been at Norwich City's training camp and is close to sealing a temporary move to the Canary Islands.
Dobbin played 18 times for West Brom in the first half of the season, but failed to score or register a single assist.
However, only two of those exits were from the start of the match, and only one in the Championship.
The England under-19 international's only league start ended in the 68th minute, as well as the 72nd minute in the Carabao Cup defeat to Fleetwood Town in August.
Lewis Dobbin is close to joining Norwich City on loan for the remainder of the 2024-25 season
The 21-year-old striker had only made one start in the Championship while playing for West Brom.
He arrived at Aston Villa in the summer from Everton and was immediately loaned out.
Dobbin had been left out of the Baggies' New Year's Day win over Preston, before interim co-manager Chris Brunt revealed his parent club had canceled the loan early.
“Villa have asked for a call back,” former Baggies player Brunt told BBC Radio WM.
“He hasn't played as much as they would have wanted for a player on loan from a Premier League club. We will have to move on and move on.”
The Stoke-born youngster left Unai Emery's Villa just over a month after signing without even introducing himself.