Tony Pulis warns West Brom will pull out of deal for Leeds ace Charlie Taylor if it goes to tribunal
Baggies chief says the Premier League side will not take a gamble unless they can agree a set fee
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TONY PULIS has warned he will pull out of the race to sign Leeds United defender Charlie Taylor if it means going to a tribunal.
The West Brom boss is a huge fan of the 23-year-old left-back, who slapped in a transfer request last July which Leeds flatly rejected.
That decision saw him fined the maximum two weeks’ wages.
Albion have already had one bid of £3.5million turned down by the Elland Road club who value Taylor at £5million.
But Pulis has warned he will walk away if a compromise deal can’t be agreed between the clubs.
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And insists he won’t gamble on a tribunal setting a fee for the former Academy graduate, whose contract expires this summer.
“If it's going to go to tribunal, we don't know what the price and that takes us out of the game,” said the West Brom boss.
“You could go to tribunal and they could put an extraordinary amount of money on it and you're stuck with it.
“It's a risk that, at this moment, is not worth taking.”