Larus Sigurdsson: Management hasn't changed Darren Moore

The Icelander, who recently returned to The Hawthorns to pick up his Albion cap, says his fellow defender is still the same ‘fantastic guy’ he was.

And Sigurdsson, whose son was surprised to see him signing autographs, isn’t surprised that Moore is now in the Baggies dugout.

“It was fantastic to see Darren,” said Sigurdsson. “I’ve spoken to him on a few occasions and it’s really good to see an old team-mate doing so well.

“The team is playing well, playing good football, and he’s doing really well. It’s nice to see a nice man like Darren Moore doing well.

“He hasn’t changed at all. He’s the same fantastic guy he was when I was playing alongside him and he will never change, Mooro will never change.

“I’m really proud of him, I’m really pleased for him. The team that first got promoted for West Brom was a special team.

“There was a special bond between the players and it’s great to see old team-mates, like Darren and (Aberdeen boss) Derek McInnes, doing well.

“He’s been working with the club almost all the time since he stopped playing. It doesn’t surprise me at all the position he’s in now. Long may it continue.”

Sigurdsson played 114 games for Albion between 1999 and 2004, and helped Albion win promotion to the Premier League for the first time in in 2002.

“It’s been a while since I’ve been asked for an autograph,” he said, on his return to The Hawthorns. “It’s the first time my youngest son has seen me give an autograph and I don’t think he could really understand why people were asking me!

“It was really special, it’s a fantastic place, and a great club, with fantastic supporters. I’m really grateful for how the club treated me, my wife and our youngest son. We’re over the moon.”