West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis has revealed West Ham United chief David Sullivan called to clear up Carlton Cole's collapsed move on deadline day.

The two teams meet in the FA Cup this weekend.

"David Sullivan called our chairman and spoke to him, and that shows you how both parties were," said Pulis. "I think he spoke to Jeremy and said to him that if the situation had been different we'd have done the deal, which was right through to the last minutes of negotiations.

"But there was never any secret as to what the situation was. If they had brought someone in then Carlton would have been available. If they didn't then he was going back, which was made clear so that was fine."