ALBION will start the process today of assessing when Glenn Murray will be ready to return to action.

They have not totally ruled out the top scorer being passed fit for the visit of Wolves on Saturday.

He is more likely to be available for the trip to Everton a week later after concussion and swallowing his tongue in a clash of heads with Newcastle defender Federico Fernandez.

Murray remained in the north-east for a pre-arranged meet with his parents following Saturday's shocking incident at St James' Park.

The players report back for training today after a day off yesterday, when Murray returned south.

Chief executive Paul Barber told The Argus: "Concussion protocol is a minimum six days. It will totally be down to the medics how Glenn progresses this week.

"He didn't travel back with the team. It was already scheduled for Glenn to visit his parents in Carlisle after the game.

"I spoke to him (on Sunday morning) and he felt a lot better. Obviously a little bit sore, as you can imagine.

"It (Wolves) might be a bit too soon but it really depends on how the medics feel. They do a series of tests once he returns to the training ground which help determine where he's at in terms of recovery. Certainly when I spoke to him he was absolutely as sharp as anything.

"There was no issue I could tell on the phone but I'm not a medic. they will do their professional testing on him."

Murray, 35, has scored five goals this season and 99 across two spells for Albion, one short of a century and breaking Kit Napier's post-War record.