West Brom boss Alan Pardew insists the Hawthorns has his total focus.

Pardew had been linked with replacing Sam Allardyce as England boss just two months before being sacked by Palace.

“You see how quickly your profile can change in the Premier League," he said.

“It changes dramatically. I look at Sean Dyche now, his profile is high and he is doing tremendously.

“Mine isn't. I need to get my flag up the pole.

“My ambitions are not there (England), my ambitions are to get this club moving forward.

“I still don't think I'm perfect by any stretch of the imagination but I hope I'm a good manager for West Brom."

Asked about whether or not he felt the squad were good enough to pull clear of the trouble zone he added: "I think it's good enough to stay up but when I look at the teams that are involved, particularly at the moment down the relegation area, I know they are going to do business.

"So we can't take our eye off that, we have to grow as much as possible in January. I know from my experience at Newcastle that you can lose key players in January and you need to be on guard to replace them.

"The most important fact is to win games. That's the bottom line. Tony does that very well, but he does it in a different manner to me. My best teams, and I can only talk about myself, play on the front foot and try and put teams under pressure. They sometimes get a bloody nose in doing that. And that's what I'll deliver here at West Brom. Hopefully somewhere along that line we can get up to 1.5 or 1.7 points a game. I've achieved that in the past at certain times with clubs and that's what I'll try and do here."