{"id":31474,"date":"2020-10-22T16:15:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T16:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=31474"},"modified":"2020-10-22T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T16:15:41","slug":"striker-who-scored-in-ucl-this-week-confirms-he-rejected-crazy-west-brom-transfer-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/striker-who-scored-in-ucl-this-week-confirms-he-rejected-crazy-west-brom-transfer-offer","title":{"rendered":"Striker who scored in UCL this week confirms he rejected \u2018Crazy\u2019 West Brom transfer offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Club Brugge and Nigeria forward Emmanuel Dennis has revealed that he rejected a move to West Brom in the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Slaven Bilic and Luke Dowling searched high and low for a new centre-forward after winning promotion to the Premier League and eventually ended up signing Karlan Grant from Huddersfield on deadline day last week.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis, 22, has now confirmed that an offer was tabled for him by the Baggies.<\/p>\n<p>West Brom<\/p>\n<p>Although the money on offer was good, the Nigeria international has revealed he turned down a move to The Hawthorns because he wasn\u2019t that interested in leaving Brugge and if he was, he wasn\u2019t interested in a loan-to-buy deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWages were not the problem \u2013 the wages were crazy,\u201d said Dennis, as quoted by the Express &amp; Star. \u201cAnd I have also played enough international matches (to obtain a work permit).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem was that it was a loan and with the (option to buy) clause in the contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to prove myself in England. Maybe you play five matches at West Brom and another club will come and get you.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut honestly, I didn\u2019t really care. I wasn\u2019t pushing for a transfer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had an attitude of \u2018If they buy me, then I go. If they don\u2019t buy me, I\u2019ll stay and go elsewhere later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWest Brom was a good deal. If they stayed in the Premier League, they would have bought me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I would have been playing in the Premier League for at least two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if they dropped again, another team could still have picked me up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Club Brugge and Nigeria forward Emmanuel Dennis has revealed that he rejected a move to West Brom in the transfer window. 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