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Stoke City vs. West Brom: Pulis set for Britannia return

West Brom will try to put the Saido Berahino transfer saga to one side and claim a first Premier League win of the season versus Stoke City.

Tony Pulis' first return to face Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday could be overshadowed by the saga surrounding Saido Berahino's West Brom future.

Pulis spent nearly a decade in charge at Stoke across two spells, managing them in three different divisions until his departure in 2013 – but this will be the first time he has gone back there as manager of the opposition.

Any sentiment attached to the occasion is likely to quickly dissipate as Albion seek to move off the foot of the Premier League table, with their early-season form also hampered by Berahino's apparent desperation to leave The Hawthorns.