Pulis gave a curt “no” when asked if he had contemplated leaving.
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“I am excited and privileged to have the chance to become the new owner of this great club”.
“I want the side to retain the ball, to play a brand of football we couldn’t really due to injuries and the squad’s strength”, said Pardew.
They need to add quality and depth in midfield and attack.
“I spoke with Eden [Hazard] and with Marouane [Fellaini], they all gave me the same answer – when a coach does not count on you, you can not change anything”.
“The last 22 months at the club has been hard because of the [takeover] situation”, said Pulis. I think they will win this game since they are simply in awesome form from pre-season and I expect that to follow through come opening day of the Premier League.
‘I spoke to Mr Lai, he is very enthusiastic.
‘We have done hardly any business at all. We’re waiting for new faces.
Sky Sports report that West Brom have entered the race, alongside Crystal Palace, to sign Liverpool outcast Christian Benteke.
Baggies are hoping to sign former Aston Villa player on loan from Reds, possibly including a buy-back option.
Their need for firepower is evidenced by the fact that between them, West Brom’s four main strikers last season scored just 14 goals between them.
“We’re well behind the game in that respect”.
“We can’t go into the season with what we’ve got”. We have players in mind. He is fit and he has his head down working hard.
“For the supporters’ sake as much as anything else”.
There were no major summer moves for the Baggies except for the £5.5 million acquisition of winger Matt Phillips from the Queens Park Rangers last month as the team’s senior officials would like to get established with the new owners first before spending a significant amount on transfers.
Although some of the difficulties in the transfer market are out of Pulis’s hands, he doesn’t mind taking some of the criticism.
“I find it freaky, I do not understand why people say that”. You just don’t know.
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Five of these sides’ last six matches at Selhurst Park have swung under 2.5 goals and I fancy this one to end level at under that figure once more: a 13/5 shot.
