Birmingham
chief Peter Pannu admits the club's dire finances will force more sales next
month - with Jack Butland leading the exodus.
Liverpool
want the England keeper, 19, for £6million and the skint Championship club
desperately needs the cash.
Blues owner
Carson Yeung's assets have been frozen pending a money-laundering case in Hong
Kong.
The club is
up for sale and takeover talks are dragging on with Gianni Paladini and a Far
East consortium.
But Pannu
warned fans that more sales are inevitable in January to avoid City going into
administration.
He is
anxious to shift players from the wage bill - especially Nikola Zigic who
collects over £50,000 a week at St Andrew's.
The giant
striker, 32, is still proving hard to move on, but Butland is in demand.
Mirror
Sport revealed in August that Birmingham had rejected a £6m Southampton offer
for the shot-stopper, but City would happily accept that fee now.
Blues'
acting-chairman Pannu explained: "I can't let this club run into the
ground. The principle is to keep the club going.
"My
top priority is to make sure this club stays afloat.
"If I
do annoy the supporters and I do dispose of players, it will be to keep the
club afloat. I just need to do what I have to do.
"There
are players who are earning a lot of money here, at least five players I'd hope
weren't earning that much.
"I
rejected a £6m bid in the summer for our keeper Jack Butland from Southampton,
but I might not be able to reject it if I get something similar now."
Source http://www.mirror.co.uk
No comments:
Post a Comment