West Brom's James Morrison ensuring Tammer Bany 'feels the love' following injury 'embarrassment'

James Morrison has has been keeping tabs on “embarrassed” Tammer Bany in a bid for the Albion attacker to “feel the love”.

Forgotten man Bany, 22, has been sidelined since the end of December, when it was confirmed he would undergo surgery for a thigh tear.

It capped a disastrous first year at The Hawthorns for the attacking midfielder, who checked in amid big intrigue on a £3.3million deal from Randers in the country of his birth Denmark.

In the 13 months since he has made just five substitute appearances for Albion, and just one this season totalling a handful of minutes. He declared his international allegiance to Jordan - who qualified for this summer’s World Cup - earlier in the season and has more game time for the Middle East nation than his club this term.

Bany is back in Albion training and Morrison revealed he is champing at the bit to impress.

“Tammer's very keen,” Morrison said.

“I think for him he just wants to get back onto the pitch and show what he can do.

“He's had a difficult period, so I've had a couple of chats with him. I think he's a day-to-day one, see how he is in training and then we'll go from there.”

Bany will not feature in Monday’s clash at Blackburn and it remains to be seen if he is in contention for a place in the matchday squad against high-flying Millwall next Friday night.

His only minutes at club level this term were in stoppage time in defeat at QPR on December 6, where Ryan Mason’s side lost 3-1.

Bany trained through pre-season last summer and appeared in some friendlies before pulling up injured against Dynamo Kyiv during the club’s overseas training camp in Austria.

He was cited as the major recruitment failure under former sporting director and club president Andrew Nestor, who was in charge of transfers during the period of Bany’s arrival. Bany remains the second most expensive signing under Bilkul after striker Aune Heggebo.

Nestor left the club in January.

Bany could yet play a role for the Baggies this season.

The No.26 could also be Albion’s sole representative at the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer. It is expected that, if fit, he will receive the call from Jordan.

Morrison added: “He's come into a new club, he's young, so with all those aspects when you're injured you can be lonely.

“I know that feeling. I had my family around me. Sometimes he's on his own.

“And he's probably feeling a bit embarrassed that he's been injured for all this period, but he wants to help on the pitch.

“He's young, eager to impress, so it's important that I touch base with him and he feels the love.”