Carlos Corberan wants West Brom star to be valued
Boss Carlos Corberan insists Albion "need to value" Darnell Furlong as the right-back continues to deliver consistent performances.
Furlong, 28, shone in the Baggies' last fixture, the 1-0 home victory over Swansea, prior to the international break.
The former Queens Park Rangers full-back has been one of his side's most consistent performers since Corberan's appointment almost two years ago and has held down a regular place in the Spaniard's side.
"Furlong is a player that personally I love to work with," Corberan said.
"He is a player we need as a club to value a lot because the number of minutes that he plays every season – without decreasing his level – shows that he is a very robust and very mentality strong player.
"With these natural things he has added attacking and defensive behaviours that have made him for me one of the best full-backs of the Championship."
Furlong is one of several first-team squad members out of contract at The Hawthorns next summer, including Jayson Molumby, Grady Diangana and John Swift. The right-back turns 29 at the end of October.
Swansea boss Luke Williams was very impressed with Furlong, who he had previously coached when working at Swindon, as Albion saw off the Swans with relative ease.
"I worked with Darnell Furlong and John Swift right at the very beginning of their careers and at 19 they were already very good players," Williams said.
"When I see them now, I can almost track their entire journey and I think that kind of resembles the squad, guys that have worked really hard in their career and have become rounded players with mental toughness, physical toughness, experience, quality and that resembles the whole squad.
"And there's an absolute top manager to combine with that group of players, I'm very impressed.
"Furlong the following season (after play-off campaign) came on loan from QPR and it was hard to believe he was 19 because of his personality.
"Incredible. His father (Paul, former pro) is a top guy as well and I think he learned a lot at a young age and again he could handle himself. He was so young and went straight into a League One side.
"It was a different season. We had lost a lot of our players and had a tough time but he stood up to all of that. Really thoroughly enjoyed working with Darnell. Today he just looked an absolute class act and very, very good."
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