This may be his final appearance in a Villa shirt after scoring eight goals in 43 appearances and providing numerous assists.
The Hammers wrote a clause into the loan agreement that should the midfielder help the midlanders to promotion they would receive another £1 million.
Manuel Pellegrini will be watching the former Hull player who has been doing the business under Steve Bruce who was a Gold/Sullivan boss whilst they were at Birmingham City.
The Hammers will pick up the £1 million automatically ahead of the Chilean boss making a decision on the 30 year old Hammers future.
Hammrs targets at Fulham whilst David Moyes was in charge – Tom Cairney and Ryan Fredericks, may also gain Pellegrini’s attention as he looks at possible summer signing.