Tony Pulis refutes he didn’t get the most productive out of Serge Gnabry, highlighting Arsenal’s position in construction forward of Bayern Munich transformation

Former West Brom boss Tony Pulis has advised Arsene Wenger will have to be in part responsible for Serge Gnabry’s failure in English soccer.

The Germany global persevered a hard spell beneath Pulis all the way through a season-long mortgage spell on the Hawthorns within the 2015/16 marketing campaign.

Gnabry made simply 3 appearances beneath Pulis sooner than being recalled by means of Arsenal midway in the course of the mortgage.

Few may have predicted what was once to come back for the winger next swapping North London for Werder Bremen in 2016.

His performances for the Bundesliga facet raised some eyebrows and next scoring 11 targets in 27 appearances, Bayern Munich paid Werder £7million for his products and services.

The 27-year-old has scored 74 targets in 199 appearances for Bayern and has develop into a ordinary for the German nationwide staff.

It’s a a long way cry from his doom within the West Midlands when Pulis informed journalists that Gnabry was once ‘not at the required level’ to play for West Brom.

Chatting with the Undr the Cosh podcast, Pulis stated: “I always get thrown that but what people forget is we had [Gnabry] on loan, Arsenal was his parent club and Arsene Wenger was his manager and he sold him to Werder Bremen for £7million.

“He’s had it for 14 years all the way, I’ve only had it for a few months.”

Pulis hasn’t stopped praising Gnabry’s transformation however visible a case the place he was once taken off next a unpriviledged efficiency in a hold recreation for the Baggies.

He added: “He’s done a fantastic job now, you have to raise your hand, but at the time he was close to it. He was knocked out in a reserve game.

“I wasn’t there but they played Aston Villa on a Monday night and the reserve manager, who is in Sheffield on Wednesday with Darren [Moore] now brought him.

“He said he had never tried a leg, he stood out, he picked it up a few times and that was it.

“He did great things and did a fantastic job.

“I remember calling Kempy (Dave Kemp, ex-West Brom assistant manager) and saying he went to Bayern Munich, and Kempy said it must be his twin brother, it can’t to be the player we had.”