Championship - Owusu-Abeyie leaves Birmingham

Eurosport - Mon, 05 Jan 15:12:00 2009

Birmingham have allowed former Arsenal forward Quincy Owusu-Abeyie to return to Spartak Moscow.

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Quincy's six-month loan at St Andrew's ended as the transfer window re-opened and Blues manager Alex McLeish has opted not to pursue an extension.

Former Scotland boss McLeish now intends to raid the winter transfer market using the funds he will save by allowing Quincy to leave.

"We thank Quincy for his efforts and wish him well for the future," McLeish said.

"Having made this decision we will now continue to work to strengthen the squad.

"His deal was an expensive one for just one player and we will now look to use the money to bring in new faces."

Quincy, 22, scored three goals in his short spell with the Coca-Cola Championship promotion hopefuls.

SportingLife / Eurosport

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  1. Cannot help but agree with everyone else. Why get rid­ of the only player with attacking flair?Still the­ manager has history as he got rid of De Ridder and­ wouldn't give Zarate enough playing time.Still we­ have bought some unknown guy from non-league football­ to replace Quincy haven't we!!!

    From seanlongisgod, on Tue 6 Jan 3:40PM
  2. Ahhhhh. Good player. why has he gone????I hope­ There's a replacement.

    From paul.standen4, on Tue 6 Jan 2:44PM
  3. Without a shadow of a doubt potentially the best player­ we have had at Blues for years, McLeish publicly came­ out and stated 'I want to create a team with­ flair', and then the next day releases clearly our­ most skillfull player, why on earth has this complete­ !"£$$ not been sacked......signed Zarate, great­ signing, never played him, signs McFadden and plays him­ purely because hes Scottish, most overrated player Ive­ ever seen at Blues, puts all his eggs in one basket and­ gambles on Gary Cahill coming to Brum, fails to land­ him and we're left without a strong Centre half for­ the most critical part of the season, consequently­ promises he would never do the same thing again and­ gamble on one player, once again does the same thing­ with Balde. He then decides Palacios wasnt good enough­ and 3 months later suprise suprise is being touted by­ Man Utd for 18m, lets De Ridder leave, scores 2 on his­ debut.......the list goes on...........simple fact is­ this, with 'Big Eck' in charge its Coca Cola­ Championship again next season, with the apparent­ players we have and we cant beat Swansea, Forest,­ Derby,­ Coventry........................................Think­ on Sullivan and get rid

    From jaypaulpearce, on Tue 6 Jan 2:11PM
  4. I hope McLeish knows something we don't - Quincy is­ 22, good going forward, tackles back and can score­ goals - makes you wonder why we're keeping Damien­ Johnson on the books doesn't it?

    From Ted D, on Tue 6 Jan 8:31AM
  5. the big eck dont u mean wee eck an wee brain

    From rabinelli68, on Mon 5 Jan 7:22PM
  6. What the!!!!!!! The only attacking player that ive seen­ take on players and get forward this season for blues ,­ and we get rid of him , I do hope the big eck has­ something up his sleeve as i cant see this pleasing the­ fans!!!!!

    From feverfunk85, on Mon 5 Jan 2:37PM
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