Steve Kean, the Blackburn manager, believes defender Christopher Samba is now happy to stay at Ewood Park.
Samba was stripped of the captaincy by Kean prior to the Boxing Day defeat by Stoke City after reportedly saying he wanted to quit in protest at the handling of former boss Sam Allardyce's recent departure. The Congo international missed the Stoke clash and yesterday's win at West Brom with an ankle injury but Kean has cleared the air with the player.
Kean feels Samba showed enough determination in a fitness test earlier today to prove he has no intention of leaving.
Kean said: "He pushed himself for 35-40 minutes but he still felt his ankle. He was gutted.
"I'm convinced he will be fit for Sunderland [on January 1] and I am delighted to say he does not want to hand in that transfer request."
Nikola Kalinic twice put Rovers ahead either side of a Jerome Thomas equaliser for Blackburn, but was then sent off shortly after Mame Biram Diouf added a third.
Roberto Di Matteo, the West Brom boss, felt his side contributed to their own downfall as they lost for the second time in three days, having gone down to Bolton on Sunday.
"Today was bad defending," said the Italian. "After five minutes we were chasing the game already and it is tough in the Barclays Premier League.
"Generally we haven't conceded too many goals to set-pieces but today we conceded two.
"We need to be better and pay attention defensively because you get punished very quickly.
"In the first half we got ourselves back into the game and created chances but it is difficult to win games if we concede all the time."
Di Matteo added: "We never thought it (being in the Premier League) was going to be easy.
"We are what we are. We try very hard but we need to improve in certain circumstances."