Scottish Premier League - Birmingham renew interest in Boyd

Eurosport - Mon, 12 Jan 16:31:00 2009

Alex McLeish has revealed talks have taken place between Birmingham and Kris Boyd which could see the striker's move from Rangers revived.

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The Championship high-flyers agreed a fee with the Glasgow outfit last week, believed to be in the region of £3.75 million, but talks over personal terms stalled due to both parties being some way apart.

McLeish later admitted he believed the deal was "dead" but refused to rule it out completely, and he has now revealed Blues have again spoken to Boyd and his agent, Mark Donaghy, in an attempt to secure the 25-year-old's services.

"I'm aware that they have talked to Karren (Brady) again so it's not dead until it's dead, if you know what I mean," said McLeish in the Birmingham Mail.

"But there are plans to do something else, so we will have to wait and see what happens."

Despite the fact personal terms could not be agreed, managing director Karren Brady claimed that the offer put on the table from Blues was not derisory.

Brady said: "There's not another club in the Championship, even some in the Premier League, who could offer what we have.

"It's a good deal more than he's paid at Rangers, with big benefits too if we're promoted."

Elsewhere, McLeish also revealed Blues had approached West Ham over a possible deal for centre-back Calum Davenport before his move to Bolton collapsed last week.

And he has not ruled out bringing the 26-year-old to St Andrews as he looks to bolster the club's promotion charge.

"I will have to pose the question to Karren, she had been talking with West Ham United and we left our proposal with them," said the Blues boss

"Whether they now come back to us, that's a possibility."

Birmingham have already been busy in the January transfer market having sealed loan deals for wingers Scott Sinclair and Hameur Bouazza and midfielder Lee Bowyer.

Midfielders Keith Fahey and Robin Shroot have also been signed on permanent deals.

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  1. STEVIE B ..SUPERDRUG DO WIGS FOR WOMEN LIKE YOURSELF­ THAT SUFFER FROM HAIRLOSS DUE TO CHEMOTHERAPY AND­ ALOPECIA .I KNOW ITS EMBARRASSING LOOKING AT WIGS WITH­ GREEN WHITE AND GOLD TEARS IN UR ALTER BOY EYES..BUT­ ITS TOUGH AT THE TOP AND AS U WILL KNOW... EVEN TOUGHER­ AT THE BOTTOM .BTW READING YOUR MOTHERS PORNOGRAPHY IS ­ AGAINST THE RULES ..ESPECIALLY WHEN U REGUGITATE THEM­ ONLINE FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHERS. KEEP THE FUNNIES­ COMING.

    From nice_mr_mofo_bastard, on Wed 14 Jan 5:50PM

  2. IM STILL SCOFFING AT THE NAME '' FITZPATRICK­ '' LOL A BLATANT COMBINATION OF GERMAN AND­ IRISH .I BET THE LOCAL PRIEST CALLS HIM ''­ FITZY BEAR'' AS HE RUFFLES HIS ..LAST FEW­ STRANDS OF EXTREMELY ANGRY ...GINGER HAIR.KEEP THE­ FUNNIES COMING .

    From nice_mr_mofo_bastard, on Wed 14 Jan 5:43PM

  3. nice_mr_mofo_bastard

    I hear Boots the chemist have a­ sale on germoline, you should pop down to your local­ store and buy some, might take the sting out of those­ cuts on your hands, you knuckle draggin­ @#$%!

    Unfortunately for your there is no known cure­ for being a fuckwit!

    From fitzpatrick991, on Wed 14 Jan 3:10PM

  4. Stevie B, point 54,

    repressed sexuality! your­ probably right, IF and when any of those idiots­ actually talk to a woman who isn't crying or­ wanting some kind of payment, maybe then I'll start­ taking them seriously.

    ally12345uk, point 59, He was­ trying to shoot, the muppet just fluffed it is all!

    From fitzpatrick991, on Wed 14 Jan 2:53PM

  5. Johnbhoy (point 61) - I heard that the new rangers deal­ is with MJM International (makers of Ultimo Bras),­ seeing as how they are a bunch of t1t5! They might even­ be lucky enough to get scary spice turning up, and­ flashing her knockers for them! That should take their­ mind of the crisis there for a while!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Wed 14 Jan 1:55PM

  6. steve''sperm breath'' jones .The worlds­ finest priest pleaser ,stick to what you know best you­ orally fixated little minion .STEVE JONES APPLIED FOR A­ JOB AS A TOILET BRUSH IN THE VATICAN ... SADLY THE­ SPAZMO( SHOW ME A FILTHY BEAD RATTLER THAT ISNT ONE )­ FAILED THE INTELLIGENCE TEST.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK BHOY­ BOTHERER .

    From nice_mr_mofo_bastard, on Wed 14 Jan 12:36PM

  7. HAIL HAIL

    From Timabhouy, on Wed 14 Jan 11:34AM

  8. celtic have announced a 5 year deal with Nike. Rangers­ have announced a similar with woolworths EVERYTHING­ MUST GO HAIL HAIL its going to be 4 in a row

    From johnbhoy, on Wed 14 Jan 11:09AM

  9. they are goin bust
    goin bust
    rangers are goin bust­
    as sang by the saints fans lol

    From simonk, on Wed 14 Jan 12:04AM

  10. It was Boyd who crossed it in for the own goal though!­ So much for doing no work outside the box...

    From ally12345uk, on Tue 13 Jan 11:48PM

  11. So far, Rangers are beating St Johnstone thanks to an­ OWN GOAL! Takes the pressure off Boyd for a night­ anyway!! LOL!!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Tue 13 Jan 9:16PM

  12. Bri - life is wonderful right now!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Tue 13 Jan 9:12PM

  13. good evening stevie, how r u this evening ?

    From bri.10000, on Tue 13 Jan 8:30PM

  14. You seem to know a lot about pies, James! Are you a­ baker by trade, or just a currant bun? LOL!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Tue 13 Jan 8:20PM

  15. First, the celtic fans on here are accused of being­ paedo's, now I see that Alan R is being accused of­ @#$%!Does this suggest a repressed sexuality for our­ Calvinist cousins then? Just a thought!

    From Singin' Ginger!!, on Tue 13 Jan 8:18PM

  16. alan r is the only gay in his aberdeenshire village !­ geek

    From bri.10000, on Tue 13 Jan 7:56PM

  17. Why all this talk about the Union and Ireland etc, do­ the oranges not sing 'we are the people, eff the­ pope, seig heil' etc.....surely the must be related­ to Germany ca. late 30's early 40s?

    From u2fns, on Tue 13 Jan 7:48PM

  18. lol, alan r , u s.h.e.e.p shagger

    From bri.10000, on Tue 13 Jan 7:48PM

  19. Regarding the Union in 1707, that happened because­ Scotland was basically bankrupt and the English stepped­ in. The United Kingdom was born. I've nothing­ against the English, I just hate them as a race but­ nothing personal - ask the wife. The Scots will never­ like the Guffs as you have to know your history, but­ saying all that I do not want to see the break up of­ the UK as we're too small a country to go our­ separate ways and the UK often struggles as a­ collective unit, so what hope would we have as 4­ different countries on the international stage? And by­ the way, The First Minister (Alex Salmond) has his­ family home in my village up in Aberdeenshire,­ consisting of 1200 people and is friendly with my­ parents. Don't agree with everything he says but­ he's a nice bloke.

    From Alan R, on Tue 13 Jan 7:33PM

  20. james read your history we did not ask to part of the­ union thats why most scots want freedom remember that­ yes it was in a film james you sound very like haigy a­ bigot full of hate and @#$% and sent him home ward to­ think again remember the verse
    and maybe you should go­ and check your spelling love and kisses paulie age 5­ and a half ya fanny

    From paul, on Tue 13 Jan 7:13PM
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