West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis is confident £12m record signing Salomon Rondon will score goals, but will need time to get used to the Premier League.

"Salomon needs a bit of time to settle in but he's a very intelligent centre forward," Pulis told BBC WM 95.6.

"He will score goals, I'm convinced about that."

The 25 year old Venezuela striker came off the bench in Tuesday's League Cup second-round tie against Crewe, which the Baggies eventually won 5-3 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes.

"Salomon came on and could've scored four goals - he made some great runs but he's just been a bit unfortunate," added Pulis.

"We didn't want to give him too much game time having flown in just and he's getting used to the country.

"Twenty minutes would have been ideal for him but he'll now get plenty of rest."