Birmingham manager Alex McLeish has no doubts that his former Rangers and Scotland captain Barry Ferguson will quickly settle in the Premier League.

Ferguson, one of eight new faces at St Andrews this summer after a £1.2million move from Ibrox, is preparing for a second crack at the English top flight.

The 31-year-old, despite a strong reputation north of the border, struggled to make an impact during an injury-affected 16-month spell at Blackburn that ended in 2005.

"Barry has got to look forward to his English career now, he has unfinished business," said McLeish

"The jury might still be out in terms of his last stint in the Premier League, but the reports I got when I took him back to Rangers were that he was playing out of his skin.

"In that period after he bust his kneecap he came back to play a very important role for Blackburn."