Thanks... I'd missed those posts . Five phone calls, blimey ... Ansu didn't bite his hand off thenI can't comment on "Bloom didn't want him".
However, his signing was certainly very unusual for Albion (from a financial perspective). The reporting at the time stated that RDZ called Fati five times to persuade him to come. Bloom himself made it clear how influential RDZ had been in the player signing for Albion - see this post for details.