Darren Moore: There's plenty of football left in James Morrison

Morrison has started the last four games for Albion after battling his way back to fitness from a nasty Achilles injury that ruled him out for the majority of last season.

Moore has been impressed with the 32-year-old’s work ethic, and hopes the long-serving midfielder adds more years to his Baggies career already in its 12th season.

“Mozza has unfinished business here,” said Moore. “He loves the club, his family are settled in the area, and we want to see him finish his career at West Bromwich Albion.

"There’s a lot of football in James Morrison yet. We’ve seen glimpses of him coming back, if he can continue to stay fit, I’m sure there’s more to come.”

Moore reassured Morrison in the summer that he would be given another contract if he could prove his fitness.

The midfielder duly did that during pre-season, before suffering a niggling injury at the start of the campaign.

But now he’s back to full fitness and Moore couldn’t be happier to have him to call upon.

“I’m really pleased,” said Moore. “I’ve known Mozza a long time. I knew he was capable of getting back to where he needed to get to.

“He was out of contract, he had an opportunity to go away, but he stayed and we wanted him to stay.

“He’s a huge player and an effective player for West Brom. I speak on behalf of the staff, players, and I imagine the supporters, it’s great to see Mozza back out there and enjoying his football.

“He’s an intelligent footballer, he keeps the game moving for us, he sees the simple pass.

"Good players always seem to have time and space on the pitch and Mozza seems to have that.”

The Baggies travel to Swansea on Wednesday night but Moore will speak to Morrison beforehand, because he does not want to overload him with games and risk him getting injured again.

“We’ll look at how we manage him because the games come thick and fast,” said the head coach. “It’s a communication between myself, him and the medical team.

“We want to keep him in the team and keep consistency going. We’ll have a chat with him but he’s enjoying his football at the moment.”