Gary Megson doesn't want to 'overshadow' boss Tony Pulis

The 58-year-old is returning to The Hawthorns dug-out after 13 years away and is expected to get a rapturous reception from the home crowd following a successful four-year stint as manager.

But Megson has urged fans to get behind head coach Pulis, instead of him, because the Welshman is the man in charge of the team.

He wants as little fanfare as possible against Bournemouth, and will do his part by keeping a low-profile on the touchline.

“I will be behaving according to my position,” he promised. “Tony is out there on the line and that’s all you’re allowed out there which is fine.

“What I’m finding difficult at the moment, and don’t get me wrong because I really appreciate it, but at games during pre-season there have been supporters singing ‘give us a wave’ and singing songs.

“It’s really nice but this is Tony’s team, he’s the manager of West Brom and they need to get behind Tony and the team, which I’m sure they will.

“I’m here to try and help Tony. I’m under no illusions that if Tony wasn’t the manager then I wouldn’t be here.”

Megson is loved by the majority of Albion fans for turning the club around and twice winning promotion to the Premier League.

Pulis’s relationship with Baggies supporters on the other hand has fluctuated during his two and a half years at The Hawthorns.

However, Megson has reminded fans that he is Pulis’s no.2, and all support should be directed at the head coach.

“From my own point of view I don’t want it overshadowing anything,” he said. “The important thing on Saturday is West Brom against Bournemouth and getting a result. Tony is the big part of that, I’m just a cog trying to help.

“I don’t want it to impinge on what they should be doing, getting behind Tony and the players, getting behind West Brom.

“They will do, I’ve seen them do it, they’ve done it for years. We have to try and put a product on for them that they get excited about and like coming down to see and they’ll get behind that.”