Branislav Ivanovic looks certain to join Zenit St Petersburg after West Brom boss Tony Pulis confirmed he won't be signing the Chelsea defender.

Ivanovic has been offered a two-and-a-half year contract worth £82,000-a-week to move to Zenit on a free transfer.

West Brom were believed to be keen to sign the 32-year-old on loan and Pulis was at Stamford Bridge to see him score for Chelsea in their 4-0 win over Brentford on Saturday.

But Pulis claims that he was never interested in the Serbia international, who has won eight trophies at Chelsea since joining from Lokomotiv Moscow for £9.8m in 2008.

He said: “That’s a definite no. He’s a good player and has done fantastic, but he’s never been on my radar.”

Pulis says he attended the FA Cup Fourth Round tie to watch Chelsea trio Kurt Zouma, Nathaniel Chalobah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek instead, as well as some Brentford stars.

He added: “I was at Chelsea to look at players Brentford had mentioned to me. I was also looking at Chelsea’s young players, Chalobah, Loftus-Cheek and Zouma.

Chelsea 4 Brentford 0 | FA Cup 4th Round highlights | 2016/17

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“The main reason you want to bring players in to add, is to bring players in that will raise the standard.

“The ambitious players within the group want to do that or else they could get complacent.”

But Pulis' interest in Chelsea's three youngsters is very unlikely to succeed as coach Antonio Conte wants to keep them in his squad for the rest of the season.

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