Saturday 25 April 2015 07:32, UK
Tony Pulis insists West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace has given him his word any takeover will not drag on.
Owner Peace is understood to have slapped a £150-200m price tag on the club and there is interest from groups from America, Australia and China with Peace setting a June deadline - to the right people at the right price.
Pulis said: "He's (Peace) given us that promise that he won't be hanging round - if there's an offer there and there's a deal to be done he'll want it done before a certain date and if that doesn't happen then he'll commit himself to the club again.
"I think he wants it to be with the right people. I don't think he wants to sell it to just anybody, they have to be the right people who are going to invest and look after the club.
"He's spent a lot of time here and invested a lot of money into the football club to put it where it is.
"If you look at the stadium, the academy set-up, the training ground facilities and everything else. This club has moved on very well and they make a profit every year. So he hasn't done too bad a job."
Saido Berahino will face Raheem Sterling at The Hawthorns on Saturday and Pulis, who is without the suspended Youssouf Mulumbu and ineligible Andre Wisdom, is looking forward to the match-up.
He said: "They will play and it will be interesting. Sterling has been outstanding. Saido is a little bit behind in some respects but you have to understand and recognise that one of them is playing at a really top club and there is a difference in standard, without a doubt."
