Armando Broja is a Striker who has appeared in 32 matches during the 21/22 Premier League campaign, playing a total of 1980 minutes in the division. The Forward scored an average of 0.27 goals for every 90 minutes that the player was on the pitch. This attacking display ranked the Albanian 73rd out of 430 Premier league players who have played at least 3 matches.
Broja scored a total of 6 goals in the Premier League during his loan spell at Southampton, which ranked him 3rd in Southampton’s squad top scorers list for the season.
Additionally, Broja’s Expected Goals (xG) for the 21/22 Premier League campaign was 6.1
Details:
Full Name: Armando Broja
Age: 20 (DOB: 10/09/2001)
Nationality: Albania
Height: 191cm= 6ft3
Position: Striker
Foot: Right
Current Club: Chelsea FC
Contract Expiry: June 30th , 2026
21/22 Season (Southampton Loan)
Report:
Armando Broja's impressive breakthrough season in the Premier League at Southampton has undoubtedly raised eyebrows, with numerous clubs such as West Ham and Everton reportedly keen in gaining his services permanently. The Albanian scored 9 goals for Southampton in all competitions during his loan spell with the Saints, and while that number may appear poor to some, it does not represent the complete picture for Armando Broja.
The 6ft3 centre forward has a brilliant work ethic for a big man. He does not put himself first and doesn’t only focus on scoring goals. Broja will fight for every ball without leaving
anything for granted. Furthermore, the young Albanian in addition to superb physicality, also contains excellent speed and he has that injection of pace that can worry any defender. This allows him to be a very dangerous striker for defenders to face as they will be constantly contemplating how to control him. If you go touch-tight, Broja has the physicality to pin the defender and bring other players into the game, however if you back off and give him space he can turn sharply and run at you with power.
Moreover, managers across the world would find having Armando Broja in their team to be a joy to have as he enables you to play in the attacking phase in various different ways.
When the team is pressing high, Broja’s off the ball movement allows the team to elevate the two flanks because of his exceptional ball protection. This would allow the team to be very dangerous from the wide areas because if the team put dangerous crosses into the box, he will most likely win the aerial duel. On the other hand, if the team is on the back foot and under pressure, Broja has the required skill set to play on the counterattack as he has the qualities such as speed, strength and also great footwork to attack the opposition
dangerously and quickly.
Would Armando Broja be a suitable signing for Everton?
There are many different factors that need to be considered when deciding this outcome, his price and how he would fit into a specific system.
Everton were always bound to be linked with Chelsea players coming into the summer
transfer window due to the obvious Frank Lampard connection. Frank Lampard gave
Armando Broja his Chelsea debut ironically against the toffees in the 4-0 thrashing at
Stamford Bridge in 2020, therefore Lampard clearly thinks highly of the player. Now in 2022
it has been reported by a number of different sources and outlets that Everton are going to make a move for the Albanian. It has been reported that Chelsea will be looking for a fee of around £30,000,000 for Broja and in my opinion, I believe that that this is a fair price for him because of the talent that he has at such a young age and there still is plenty of more room
for improvement. However, should Everton be spending £30,000,000 for Broja when we
already have Dominic Calvert Lewin?
If we sign Armando Broja, I believe Lampard will have to change his system to a 5-3-2 or a 3-5-2 to accommodate both Calvert-Lewin and Broja. I believe they would complement each other effectively if they played together in this system because they have distinct talents. Broja, in my opinion, outperforms Calvert-Lewin in terms of moving the ball forward and charging at defenders. Calvert-Lewin, on the other hand, is more of a threat in the box.