Purse: No Regrets

The Baggies defender returns to the club he spent a successful six seasons with before leaving for the Hawthorns earlier this year when the Albion play the Blues on Saturday and he has said that he had no choice but to leave St Andrew's to get first team football.

"There have been a lot of changes there in the last year." he told the clubs official website, www.wba.co.uk.

"I've no regrets and if you look at the likes of Martin Taylor, who came in to replace me at Blues, he's not had much of a look in so that would probably have been me.

"I loved my six years there. It was a big stepping stone in my career.

"I went there as a 21-year-old who not many people had heard of and it was brilliant for me.

"It was a shame I had to leave to get first team football.

"But I also had three operations on my ankle in the last 18 months there so it was just nice to get away and make a fresh start at Albion.

"I'm playing first team football and this is a great club to play for."