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Demba Ba and Matt Phillips are on Tony Pulis’ wish list.

Pulis is due back behind his desk on Thursday after a short break and is ready to push along West Bromwich Albion’s rebuilding plans.

The Baggies manager is waiting to finalise the £1.5 million transfer of Wigan winger James McClean and wants another winger and at least one proven Premier League goalscorer to complement Saido Berahino.

Pulis wants QPR winger Phillips and is expected to step up his pursuit to land the 24-year-old who is set to leave Loftus Road after relegation.

Rangers are believed to be asking well in excess of the £5 million they paid Blackpool two years ago for Phillips who has two years remaining on his contract.

QPR have taken some of the heat off their quest to cover for Phillips’ absence by signing Jamie Mackie on a free transfer after his release by Nottingham Forest.

Pulis also has an interest in Besiktas striker Ba who moved from Chelsea a year ago and is understood to be keen to move back to England.

Pulis has courted Senegalese striker Ba, who is 30, at both Albion and Crystal Palace in the last two winter transfer windows.

Beşiktaş president Fikret Orman has revealed a number of clubs are chasing the striker.

“It obviously shows we made a good signing there are serious offers there should be serious offers,” Orman told TRT.

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“The club will not keep anyone who wants to leave but we do have players we do not want to sell.

“Demba Ba had a great season and the fans like him but we would only consider a move if we can find a better replacement.”

Pulis and Ba have history. Ba was all set to join Stoke City from Hoffenheim for £7.1m in January 2011.

He was even shown around Clayton Wood, the club’s training ground.

But the Potters changed their minds after raising concerns over knee surgery he had undergone the previous summer.

Stoke then tried to set up a loan deal which was rejected by the German club and Ba moved to West Ham, then Newcastle and Chelsea where the goals have continued to flow.

Pulis said of his failure to land Ba in 2011: “I am desperately disappointed. You look at him and he has a tremendous scoring record.

“We have been over to watch him three or four times. Everyone has come back with good reports. But we have to put the club first and I understand that.

“As we have progressed as a club, the medical side has progressed as well. They take great responsibility and great care when they look at the players we are trying to bring in. The money involved is huge. Obviously they found something which could cause problems later.”

Pulis has raised £34,000 from his justgiving web pages alone after rowing from Tower Bridge in London to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.