Steve McManaman has confirmed he will not be standing for election to the Birmingham board on Wednesday evening.

The club's leading shareholder Carson Yeung was set to recommend the former Liverpool and England winger for a boardroom position, alongside Fan Zhiyi, in a bid to represent his 29.9 percent stake in Blues.

But although an extraordinary general meeting is scheduled for after the annual general meeting, Yeung is no longer expected to attend while McManaman has firmly ruled out going for a position at St Andrews.

"I am not standing any more and don't want to be nominated," he told the Daily Mirror. "It was all a bit of a mistake."

Opposition to McManaman's appointment had already been made clear by managing director Karren Brady a few weeks ago.

"Carson Yeung is back in touch and wants to put Steve McManaman and Fan Zhiyi on our board to represent his 29.9 percent interest in Birmingham City," she said then.

"It means that we will have to hold an EGM - and I have to say what a waste of time [that will be].

"There is no chance of shareholders, including club co-owners David Sullivan and David Gold and the rest of the board, voting for them."

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