I think that maybe the player himself was undecided and thought he'd take the loan to see how things were, then once here realised that we as a football club were worth signing permanently for!!
A very good permanent signing, I remember when he first made it at Newcastle and he was rated alongside the very best premier league keepers at the time. Who would believe then that he would be a Albion player especially when you consider goalkeepers are deemed at their best when they reach 30...