JAMES Morrison signed a new three-year deal, plus a further year's option in the club's favour, in February 2010.

He remains a key figure in the battle for midfield places at The Hawthorns and last season scored crucial goals in wins over Blackpool and Blues, as well as a draw with Bolton.

The pick of his strikes though was a New Year's Day cracker against Manchester United and he went on to net his first Scotland goal in their 3-1 Carling Nations Cup win over Wales on his 25th birthday during the summer.

Morrison joined Albion in a £1.5million deal from Premier League outfit Middlesbrough in August 2007.

His price was set to rise by a further £700,000 depending on appearances and Boro will also be due 15 per cent of any sell-on fee.

The midfielder suffered a frustrating 2009/10 season as he had to wait until March before bringing to an end a ten-month lay-off with a niggling heel problem.

The midfielder was one of Albion's most consistent performers during the 2008/09 season and scored three times, including one in each of the Baggies' two derbies with Villa.

His form saw him finish as one of the runners-up for the club's official Player-of-the-Season award and helped establish him in George Burley's Scotland squad.

But he was forced to miss the final five games of the season due to a troublesome heel problem that required surgery in July 2009.

Morrison showed his versatility during his first season at The Hawthorns with a string of sparkling displays across the midfield.

And his six-goal tally included crucial last-gasp strikes in the 2-1 win over Blackpool and 4-3 victory over Colchester, both at The Hawthorns.

The Darlington-born man also played a key role in Boro's FA Youth Cup triumph that year, scoring two crucial goals in the 3-0 final first leg win at Villa and terrorising their defence in the return match.

He stepped up to the first team again in September 2004, netting in Boro's 1-1 draw at Banik Ostrava in the UEFA Cup.

Morrison kept his place for the Premiership visit to Old Trafford three days later and made Stewart Downing's early goal as an injury-hit Boro side again drew 1-1.

He added to his collection of honours in May 2006 by bagging a UEFA Cup runners-up medal after being named in the starting line-up for the final in Eindhoven.

In total, Morrison made 98 appearances for the Teessiders, including 38 as a sub, netting eight goals.

Despite representing England at every level up to Under-20, Morrison pledged his international future to Scotland in the summer of 2007, qualifying through his grandparents, and made his full senior international debut in a 3-1 friendly defeat by the Czech Republic in May 2008.

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