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Tony Pulis pursues Carlton Cole
TONY PULIS will return from Austria this week to try to persuade Carlton Cole to complete a £6m move to Stoke.
Tony Pulis is also preparing a surprise £1.5m bid for Bolton winger Matty Taylor.
Cole’s move has hit a stumbling block after he failed to agree terms. Stoke’s initial offer of £4.5m plus an additional £1.5m on appearances had been accepted by the Hammers but Cole, 27, has snubbed a £35,000-a-week offer.
Chairman Peter Coates said: “We have agreed terms with West Ham, that’s done. Now it’s a case of can we agree terms with Carlton. Tony likes to be around for these things, so he is coming back from Austria.”