CRYSTAL Palace boss Tony Pulis has revealed he was keen on signing Eagles skipper Mile Jedinak when he was manager at Stoke City.
Pulis has praised his captain, who he says leads by example at Selhurst Park and for Australia.
And responding to a question at his weekly press conference, the Eagles boss admitted he was already a fan of Jedinak before he arrived in SE25.
"Mile is fantastic and he leads by example," he said.
"I am delighted with his efforts and how he drags people along with him.
"We did talk about him at Stoke, but we didn't get close to it, so you could say I have admired him from a distance, but I admire him even more so now having worked with him."
