Why Louie Barry signing for Hull City is a 'calculated' transfer risk worth taking
Hull City signing Louie Barry is a calculated risk and one a host of clubs in the Championship would have taken, according to former England midfielder Carlton Palmer.
City beat a host of other clubs to an exciting January signing when the Aston Villa youngster arrived last week before going on to make his debut against Stoke City on Saturday.
Barry came off the bench in the second half of that 2-1 defeat against the Potters, but will hopefully benefit from 10 days without a game before the Tigers are next in action at Burnley next Wednesday night.
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"Louie Barry returned to Aston Villa from Stockport County, signed a new contract and has now been loaned out to Hull City. They have beaten the likes of QPR, Millwall, Leeds and Sunderland to his signing," Palmer told FLW.
“We’ll have to wait and see now because I think he’s a talented player, and he can carry his goalscoring form on to the Championship. He’s been doing it in League One this season, we’ll have to see whether he can carry that up to the Championship.
“He’s clearly a really talented player, he runs between the lines, he’s got good pace, and Hull are struggling at the bottom of the league, so if he scores goals at Hull, I’m sure he’ll be in demand for Championship clubs next season.
“This is the step-up that the club (Aston Villa) wanted him to have, they wanted him to be playing in the Championship because he’s proven he can do it in League One.
“I think it would have been a gamble for Championship clubs to take him, a calculated gamble, because I don’t think he’d have come cheap and so other clubs would have opted to go for tried and tested.
“I’ll be interested to see how he goes at Hull and if he scores goals in a struggling side and if he can still do that in the Championship, which I’m sure he will, then I think Aston Villa have an exciting prospect on their hands for the future.”
