Liverpool, Premier League and Scotland legend reveals West Brom 'interest'

Scotland and Liverpool legend Andy Robertson has revealed how he could have joined Albion prior to making a move to England with Hull City.

Tottenham left-back Robertson swapped Anfield for north London over the summer after racking up a stack of trophies on Merseyside - but his journey into the game south of the border could have played out differently.

The 32-year-old ex-Celtic youngster moved from Dundee United to Hull City in 2014 and had three seasons with the Tigers, two in the Premier League with a Championship play-off winning campaign sandwiched in between.

But it could have been in the Black Country, rather than the East Riding of Yorkshire, where Robertson was introduced to the English game.

He revealed on an interview with Sky Sports’ Overlap that the Baggies, then of the Premier League, were “sniffing” around his services in 2014. Everton were in pursuit of the left-back in January, but could not reach an agreement with Dundee United and Hull pounced in the summer.

"In January I nearly left (Dundee United), Everton put a bid in for me,” Robertson said. “Roberto Martinez came to watch me, they wanted to loan me back and be back-up to Leighton Baines. They didn't bid enough, £750k and Dundee United wanted £1.5million.

“It was a good decision because Dundee United ended up getting £2.85m in the summer.

"I knew the Hull scout Stan Ternent. He watched me against Hibs away, he sat next to my agent and closed his book after five minutes and my agent said 'I don't think Hull's going to be an option' but Stan said he'd seen enough in five minutes.

"I was still unsure. The Premier League is made to be this (big thing) so I was thinking 'am I ready for this?'

"But I had 20 minutes on the phone with Steve Bruce, then in half an hour we were in the car and we signed the next day. He convinced me, I had such a good feeling.

"I had West Brom who had sniffed about and Hull, and that was it at that point. Everton never came back in at that point."

Robertson’s compatriot Alan Irvine had been appointed manager at The Hawthorns in 2014, when the Baggies were interested in the Dundee United prospect.

Irvine was dismissed at The Hawthorns shortly after Christmas.

Hull were relegated, in 18th, just three points from safety. Albion finished up in 13th under the guidance of Tony Pulis in the second half of that campaign.

Robertson played 115 times for Hull before nine years at Liverpool which spanned 378 games and nine trophies.