BEIJING, Sept 15 (Reuters) – Hong Kong billionaire Carson Yeung, who hopes to complete his $130 million purchase of Birmingham City in the next three weeks, wants the Premier League club to spearhead a revolution in Chinese soccer.
Birmingham striker Garry O’Connor has apologised to City fans for their “heartbreaking” derby defeat at the hands of Aston Villa.
David Gold is hoping Carson Yeung will find a role for him in his new Birmingham City regime.
Birmingham chairman David Gold says the club’s bid to sign former Arsenal midfielder Patrick Vieira isn’t dead.
Birmingham City chairman David Gold is delighted to have signed Coventry City defender Scott Dann. The Barclays Premier League new boys agreed an undisclosed fee with the Sky Blues for the highly-rated 22-year-old, who becomes Birmingham’s third signing of the summer.
DAVID Gold insists Alex McLeish’s summer rebuilding at Birmingham City is on schedule. While the chairman doesn’t want to get too carried away with the work being done behind closed doors, he admits he is ‘quietly optimistic’ about the plans in place.
Blues’ Chairman, David Gold, talks to BLUES Magazine editor, Ian Drew, about putting more money into the club, the England manager and message boards!
There’s been a huge change in the opinion of fans who used to say, ‘We want success.’ ‘Spend more money.’ ‘Buy more players.’ What they’re now saying is, ‘Do your best, chairman, but don’t dare put us into administration. Don’t put the future of my club at risk.’
Chairman David Gold has insisted Birmingham City will “never again” be dragged into the off-field turmoil which he believes led to them being relegated from the Premier League last season.
Promotion could be worth a small fortune to Birmingham City but right now that does not concern chairman David Gold.