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19 year old Gambian born striker Modou Faal has joined Hereford on loan from West Brom for an initial month.
Yesterday manager Josh Gowling said that he was hoping to one more player in.
The club has been short a recognised striker since Jaanai Gordon left to move to Brackley.
This from West Brom:
Albion took Modou Faal out of local football to become a first-year scholar at the age of 16.
Faal is a big presence up front with a bubbly personality, and doesn’t fail to make an impression when involved for the Baggies.
The young target man played an important role in Albion’s youth sides, using his height to great advantage when holding and linking up attacking play.
Mo made an early impression in the Under-23s at the beginning of the 2020/21 campaign, featuring in a number of matches for the club's PL2 side. But he was a regular fixture in Albion’s U18s side and enjoyed a prolific season, scoring seven goals.
Faal also helped the young Baggies maintain momentum and confidence during their 2021 FA Youth Cup run after scoring the decisive goal in the 2-1 fourth-round win over Cardiff City at The Hawthorns.
After signing pro terms with the club in the summer of 2021, Mo was in clinical form during his first full term with the 23s - scoring five goals in the first two months of the campaign.
Faal's goalscoring exploits were rewarded when he was called-up to train with the first team under Valérien Ismaël, and the Frenchman handed the attacker his first senior appearance when he brought him off the bench against Arsenal in August 2021.
“Mo’s a physical presence, links the game up well, scores goals and is an aerial threat” - U18s boss Peter Gilbert.