Jakub Moder says patience has paid off after he was recalled by Poland.
The Albion midfielder is back in his national squad for the current international window.
Poland have a home Euro 2024 play-off semi-final versus Estonia in Warsaw on Thursday, then potentially the qualifying final away to Wales or Finland next Tuesday.
Moder last played for Poland when they clinched their place at the Qatar World Cup just ahead of his serious knee injury.
He has had limited outings with Albion but underlined his fitness in a recent Premier League start against Nottingham Forest.
Moder said: “My fitness is good now and I think I’ve been back to my usual self for the past three or four months, playing matches in the Premier League and FA Cup.
“I’m playing and training with full intensity and I’ve been able to sustain it without any significant setbacks.”
Moder was out of action for 18 months before being thrown back in for the tense final stages of the 3-2 win at Forest.
He said: “There’s no doubt that it has taken longer to get back to this point than I expected, but right from the outset the intention was not to rush things and make sure the recovery was sustained and that nothing went wrong again.
“The idea was to come back at the right time so that nothing would happen to my knee while it was recovering its strength - and it looks like it has been all good so far.”
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