Etherington keeps Spurs waiting
The 21-year-old is worried about his lack of opportunities in the starting XI under Glenn Hoddle and recently held talks with director of football David Pleat about his future with the North London club.
The former Peterborough man has 14 month left to run on his contract and the player and his agent Paul Martin have told the club they will not resume talks until the summer.
Megson saw the 21-year-old left-sided star at close quarters recently when Spurs beat The Baggies 3-2 at the Hawthorns on Monday.
The Baggies chief is looking to bring in some fresh players as he attempts to take the Midlands outfit back to The Premiership at the first attempt, having already suffered relegation from the English top-flight prior to the defeat to Spurs.
The player's agent, Martin commented on his client's position at White Hart Lane, saying: "We've had initial discussions about a new contract and decided to delay talks until the end of the season.
"We will then review the situation and make a football decision based on whether Matthew feels he will get regular first-team football at Spurs or not.
"Matthew now wants to concentrate on getting into the Spurs team on a regular basis."
Etherington signed for Spurs from Peterborough along with Simon Davies in January 2000 for £500,000 but has only seen 22 games in the first-team during his two-and-a-half years at the North London club.
