Friday 15 December 2017 18:07, UK
West Brom are ready to make Ahmed Hegazi's move from Egyptian side Al Ahly permanent by activating the £4.5m transfer clause in the deal that brought him to The Hawthorns.
Alan Pardew replaced Tony Pulis as manager in November, but West Brom, who face Manchester United live on Sky Sports Premier League on Sunday, are yet to win or score since.
When asked about the Hegazi deal, Pardew said: "We're pretty much down the road on that one. I can't confirm anything but if we can then we'll do that. He's been brilliant for me.
"He has fantastic attributes as a centre-half and I think he's learning. I'm not sure there's many teams that would have got a clean sheet at Liverpool particularly with the strike force they put out.
"Every game that's how we've got to enter it. We might struggle to get the seven, eight or nine wins we need, so we need to pick up points everywhere and that was a great point."
West Brom are without a win since August and have scored just 12 goals in the league. After Sunday they play Stoke, Everton and Arsenal.
