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After Germany sent the Portuguese packing in the first quarterfinal, there are seven sides left
in contention for the Euro 2008 title, and for the other nine, summer has begun. Of course, in
football circles, summer means more than just sunshine and margaritas by the pool. Summer is
transfer season, and for some of the recent dropouts from Euro 2008, the end of their tournament
means they can concentrate on getting just slightly more ridiculously wealthy.
George Burley will get another chance tonight to record his first victory since taking over from
Alex McLeish as Scotland manager and, more importantly, his first victory in the World Cup
qualifying campaign when his Scotland side take on Iceland in Reykjavik. Normally we'd have
inserted the word 'minnows' in front of 'Iceland', but, despite Scotland's [.
Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish says the arrival of new chief scout Paul Montgomery
will improve their chances of recruiting top players.Montgomery originally spotted Didier Drogba
and Florent Malouda when he was with West Ham.
HA! How well did that work out for West Ham? At best you can argue that Drogba's arrival led to
Carlton Cole being expendable and therefore available to West Ham.
The Mirror reports that Birmingham City's Martin Taylor has received death threats from Croatian
fans over the Eduardo incident. Taylor's truly horrible challenge on Eduardo da Silva during
Birmingham's Premiership fixture against Arsenal on Saturday broke the Brazilian born Croatian
international striker's legs.
Birmingham City have once again been hit by the injury blues. Goal.com reports that the relegation
threatened club is set to miss their influential full back Frank Queudrue for two weeks after it as
revealed that the player has a hamstring strain. Birmingham are among the bottom three for the
first time this season and the [.
Three in the Red: Bolton, Fulham, Derby Derby County It's clear. We don't need to discuss Derby,
but it's safe to say Paul Jewell's January acquisitions have done little to help the prospects of a
club that should have paid more attention to trying to get the most of Robert Earnshaw - who has
all but vanished - and [.
Perhaps a little unwisely, Alex McLeish claims that the broken leg suffered by Eduardo in February had a negative effect on Birmingham City, and was part of the reason why they were relegated from the Premier League - as well as not being very good.
The Express and Star report that Big Eck acknowledges that the [.
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Football League - Championship Preview
CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
Matt Smith takes a closer look at this years runners and riders in the Coca-Cola Championship.
THE MAIN CONTENDERSStood on a golf course, in the middle of the short summer
break we all get from football these days, a fan of a Championship club asked me whether I thought
it would be a total lottery again this season.
After Roy Keane's exit, we rate Fergie's players-turned-managers 1. Roy Keane Still young enough
for another crack of the whip or ten but the early evidence suggests that he is not cut out for
management. The rumours suggest the mellowed out persona of Keane the manager was a façade
hiding a very unsettled personality.
Birmingham City are struggling for survival in the Premier League and manager Alex McLeish is
looking for additions to his squad. Yet, as FanFC reports, he is not rushing to sign Michael Cani
from French Ligue 1 club Lorient. The Blues boss says: "We have looked at him and we would take
another look.
Birmingham City have undergone a sort of revival since the start of this year and City manager Alex
McLeish has no hesitation to single out James McFadden as the reason for the transformation. The
player was signed in January from Everton for £5 million and has already established himself in
the Birmingham starting line-up.
Birmingham City could only draw 1-1 with fellow relegation battlers Newcastle United at St.
Andrew's in the Premiership on Monday night and remain in 16th, just 2 points ahead of 18th place
Bolton Wanderers. But Blues manager Alex McLeish is defiant that Birmingham will survive in the top
flight this season and refuses to press the [.
Mauro Zarate is starting to come good at exactly the right time for Birmingham, although the Daily
Telegraph report that there's an element of controversy over the striker's splendidly-executed free
kick at St Andrews on Saturday. It appears that the striker's team-mate Radhi Jaidi turned his back
on play and instead focused on distracting Tim [.
In different ways a strange week for two Scottish coaches. Alex Miller sets off from Rafa's
shoulder to Japan where he is charged with taking JEF United Chiba (no me either) off the foot of
the J-League. Miller managed Morton, St Mirren, Hibs and Aberdeen in Scotland before winding up in
the Anfield boot room in 1999.
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Ben Kosky/Kilburn Times
"...QPR have announced a pre-season trip to Scotland at the end of July after their planned
friendlies against Fiorentina and Bologna fell through...." Kilburn Times
(Most of the rest of Ben Kosky's Kilburn Times article is about Rowan Vine's recovery and
looking forward to Birmingham Rowan Vine: ".
Maik Taylor has revealed why he knocked back the advances of Liverpool in order to stay in the
Championship with newly-relegated Birmingham City.
Liverpool's shock swoop for Maik Taylor has been rebuffed by the player, with the veteran
re-signing with relegated Birmingham till 2010.
Rafa Benitez wanted the 36-year-old Northern Ireland international as cover for Pepe Reina and
hoped experienced Taylor would move back to the Premiership in a Bosman deal.
It's taken a little while, but Alex McLeish has strengthened the Birmingham squad even more ahead
of the new season by taking a gamble on a Spartak Moscow player who will be a familiar name to many
Arsenal supporters. The Birmingham Mail reports that Quincy Owuse-Abeyie has arrived at St Andrews
on a season-long loan deal, [.
James McFadden has been reduced to a few cameo performances for Everton this season, although the
Scottish international has an old friend requiring his services. Step forward Alex McLeish,
formerly manager of his native Scotland and now in charge of Birmingham City. According to Sky
Sports, the Blues have already had a £2.
Birmingham City are hovering perilously near the relegation zone and are separated from the drop
zone by only goal difference. No wonder manager Alex McLeish is looking for reinforcement this
month. And he has got the man he has been chasing for long. Sky Sports reports that Birmingham have
signed striker James McFadden from fellow Premiership [.
Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish is making every move he can to sustain the Blues in the
English Premier League next season. And one such move is to sign defenders to stop the rot at the
back. Sky Sports reports that Birmingham have signed defender David Murphy from Hibernian for £1.5
million on a three-and-a-half year [.
Goal.com reports that Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish has denied any contact with Schalke 04
over the German club's winger Peter Løvenkrands. The former Rangers boss said: Peter Løvenkrands?
That is pie in the sky. McLeish and Løvenkrands had earlier worked with each other at Ibrox and
the Danish player is highly rated by McLeish.
The 20-year-old Argentinian Mauro Zarate was signed by Premiership relegation candidates Birmingham
City in January from Qatar-based Al Sadd but so far the youngster has made just two appearance for
the Midlands Blues. But Birmingham manager Alex McLeish says that Zarate will make an impact in the
Premiership in the coming months.
Poor old Birmingham City. The Midlands club are mired in relegation worries and need all their
players to be fit to battle out for survival as the month of May storms closer and closer. But now
they have been dealt with a vital injury. Olivier Kapo has been sidelined with a hamstring injury
for a month.
Just one point currently seperates Birmingham City from the relegation zone, although their manager
Alex McLeish doesn't appear too nervous going into Monday night's match with Newcastle United.
Indeed, he has every reason to be confident after a number of recent bright performances from his
team, including a resounding 4-1 win over Tottenham a fortnight [.
A month ago, Arsenal's season took a turn for the worse at St Andrews. Not only did they draw the
match 2-2 after leading until the final minute of the game, it also marked the end of Eduardo's
season after an ugly challenge from Martin Taylor broke the Croatian's leg. While the striker
continues to [.
Birmingham City thought they had the transfer in the bag. Gary Cahill appeared to be on the verge
of making the short journey from Villa Park to St Andrews during the January transfer window,
thereby bolstering the Blues defensive line-up for the relegation scrap. However, the centre half
instead plumped for Bolton (maybe it was [.
Reverse psychology or is Gary Megson just stating how he sees it? Bolton managed to clamber above
Birmingham in the Premier League last weekend, yet the Wanderers gaffer is making the Blues
favourites to stay up at the expense of his team or Reading. According to ITV, Megson thinks that
City having two home matches left [.
They have just two matches to save their Premier League bacon, and if Birmingham fail to get
anything from Saturday's match at Fulham, it's possible that relegation will be out of their hands.
Alex McLeish saw his Blues team storm into a two-goal lead against Liverpool on Saturday, before
being pegged back to a 2-2 [.
"Judge him over five seasons." So says David Gold, co-owner of Birmingham City and
paymaster of Alex McLeish. In a strong message of his support for his manager Gold paid tribute to
the man who he thinks will get City back to the top flight. That said, Gold thought he would keep
them in the top flight so he might not be a great judge.
Kevin Phillips' future looks sorted with the 34-year-old reportedly telling Alex McLeish that he's
coming to play for Birmingham City. Phillips played a role in helping the Baggies gain promotion
but couldn't get the two-year-deal he wanted to stay at...
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Championship Nominations for Manager of the Month: Wolves' Mick McCarthy; Preston's Alan
Irvine; Birmingham's Alex McCleish; Bristol City's Gary Johnson.
Football League - MANAGER OF THE MONTH NOMINATIONS
The nominations are in for the season's first Manager of the Month awards, which are due to be
announced at 1.
This midfielder has been given permission to leave White Hart Lane as he is surplus to requirements
under the Ramos revolution! Birmingham City have been given permission take Tottenham midfielder
Kevin-Prince Boateng on loan with a view to making the move permanent. But manager Alex McLeish
wants to find out .
