Tony Pulis urges Nacer Chadli to stay with West Brom

Tony Pulis has urged Nacer Chadli to stay with the Baggies while re-iterating the need to add players to his squad instead of losing them.

Chadli fell out with Pulis during a bust-up before Albion’s tour of Austria, which he refused to go on because of the gruelling triple sessions.

However, the Belgian’s relationship with his head coach has since been patched up and Pulis is now hopeful the £13million signing – who has travelled to Hong Kong with the squad – will be keen to stay at The Hawthorns.

“Chadli’s had a week off and he’s with us now,” said Pulis. “Hopefully he will stay with us, he’s a top player, and we want him to stay. We’re looking for players to add to the squad, not take away from it.”

Although Pulis wanted Chadli to go to Austria, he eventually allowed the 27-year-old to stay at home and do his own strength and conditioning work.

And the Baggies boss played down the severity of Chadli’s decision by pointing out that new skipper Jonny Evans did the same last summer.

“Chads turned up and he’d been and played with Belgium for an extra two weeks, I think, like Jonny had and a few others,” said Pulis. “Jonny missed last year because he felt a rest would be good for him.”

The Baggies boss has already signed striker Jay Rodriguez and loanee Ahmed Hegazi, but he is hoping to make more additions in the coming weeks with Arsenal left-back Kieran Gibbs now on his radar.

Albion have approached the Gunners about taking Gibbs, but are currently unwilling to meet their £12million valuation of the 27-year-old.

“The aim over the next month is getting the players in to strengthen,” said Pulis. “We had a smashing season last year but fell away at the end when the depth of the squad could have been stronger.

“Everybody knew that but you don’t want to talk about it to give the players that were in there confidence to push on.

“We’re sitting at the high table but we live off the scraps – and not just us but 12 or 13 other clubs too.”