Graham Dorrans 'is going nowhere'

Albion today stressed midfielder Graham Dorrans is 'going nowhere' after speculation linked him with a move back to Scotland.

Stories north of the border claimed the Scotland international was a January loan target for Old Firm giant Rangers, the club he supported as a boy.

But the Baggies, who head to Ipswich tonight for a Carling Cup quarter-final, have no intention of losing last season's player-of-the-year, who was the subject of summer bids by West Ham.

Assistant boss Eddie Newton today poured cold water on speculation about a move.

"We will just move on from that because it's just speculation," said Newton.

"We have heard nothing from Rangers and there is nothing from this club. Graham is going nowhere. He is staying with us."

Dorrans has endured a difficult start to his first full Premier League season with indifferent form and off-the-field problems contributing to him losing his place in the Baggies team.

But the former Livingston man, who was the driving force behind last season's promotion from the Championship, remains a prize asset for the Baggies and he won a recall to the starting line-up for Saturday's 4-1 victory at Everton.

He has reportedly shown signs of recapturing his top form in training and is likely to be one of the few players who began the game at Goodison to start tonight.

Newton added: "He will be fine and we all know that at the club. Everyone has got the utmost confidence that he is going to be fine.

"Everyone has to remember that Graham is such a young kid and a lot has happened to him in a short space of time.

"It is quite hard for a young man to deal with all those scenarios but he is dealing with it and he is looking more and more sharp in training.

"He got 65 or 70 minutes and he looked good, so he is looking sharper again in games. We know it will come but it will take time."

Stories linking Albion with a move for former Hawthorns trainee Daniel Gabbidon, currently at West Ham, are also wide of the mark.