Zoltan Gera returns to West Brom

London: Hungary captain Zoltan Gera has returned to West Bromwich Albion from Fulham after signing a two-year contract, the Premier League club said on Tuesday.

Gera was a crowd favourite during a four-year stint at the Hawthorns before moving to Fulham on a free transfer in 2008. "I think it`s a massive coup for the club that we have been able to persuade him to come back to West Brom despite the many other offers he had, because he is a player who is widely appreciated in the Premier League and abroad," West Brom manager Roy Hodgson, who also signed Gera for Fulham, told the club`s website.Gera, 32, is currently recovering from an ankle injury that will sideline him until the middle of September. Bureau Report