“He wasn’t one of my main targets, there are no hints about it”, he said.
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Williams issued a statement after the transfer deadline, claiming West Brom had met Pulis’s demands by signing five players. “He was available at the end and we thought he would be a good acquisition”.
“The five players John (Williams) said I was happy with, they were not the marquee signings I wanted to bring in”.
He was the only striker Albion signed in a frustrating transfer window, and when Pulis was asked if the timing hinted at Robson-Kanu’s position on the wanted list he gave a candid response.
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The Cherries have taken one point from their opening three games, while the Baggies have four after picking up a point in a tiresome 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough last time out.
“If you had said to me [a few years ago] that we would have the opportunity to sign someone like Jack, I would have said it is not possible”.
It’s important the new owners decide which way they want the football club to go. I think it is his biggest passion, you can see that when you speak to him and I owe him a great deal.
“But he’s a good player as well, he can join in, he’s a very good runner with the ball, he can take the ball through the pitch from deep positions”.
“I think it is a fearless decision for his career but hopefully a good one”, Howe said.
“But this club is very different to any other I’ve been at”.
Eddie Howe, meanwhile, has credited Pulis with having a telling influence on his career nearly 25 years after they first met at Bournemouth.
“I think there’s been enough said and nonsense spoken”.
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“That may sound not a massive part of my career but fitness is everything”.
