Morrison proud to reach 300 with West Brom

Midfielder James Morrison expressed his pride at reaching 300 appearances for West Brom following a decade at the club.

Morrison moved to the Baggies in 2007 after three years with Middlesbrough where he had come through the youth system.

And the 30-year-old admitted it had been a tough decision to leave Teeside, but revealed senior players at the Hawthorns had made the transition easy.

“A few games ago I was getting close so it sank in a bit and it’s a good achievement,” he said.

“I’ve seen my mate Chris Brunt do it so I was striving to emulate him and I’m really pleased I’ve done that now. After three hundred games I am sat here ten years later, still enjoying football.

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“To get told that you’re not wanted, it’s not nice; it wasn’t nice when it sunk in. I thought I may be with Middlesbrough all my career.

“Sometimes you’ve got to go out of your depth. I came down here and had a good manager in Tony Mowbray who suited my game.

“And there was the likes of Jonathan Greening, Paul Robinson, Kevin Philips who I knew, which made it easy to settle in and I didn’t look back.”