alex mcleish happy to extend birmingham stay if boss gets last word on all transfers

... new blue: christian benitez (left) is one of alex mcleish's (below) signings and, mindful of alan curbishley's position at west ham where players were sold behind his back, mcleish wants similar assurances before putting pen-to-paper

mcleish eyes benitez return

... birmingham city manager alex mcleish hopes to have striker christian benitez back in action sooner rather than later ... "christian is limping a wee bit, although the ankle injury is not serious," mcleish told the birmingham mail

thanks for saving me a team-talk alex mcleish responds to former owners

... 'the rhetorial question is: 'would carson have paid a pound a share had he known the true state of the finances?'" west ham v birmingham: new boy benni mccarthy ruled out with knee injurywest ham v birmingham: alex mcleish forced to tinker as christian benitez is sidelinedno bad blood between birmingham and sullivan and gold, insists blues chiefbirmingham city fc

liam ridgewell equalises, birmingham city draw with tottenham hotspur

... ecuador striker christian benitez then bamboozled michael dawson on the edge of the area before sending a tame shot right into the arms of tottenham's keeper

late liam ridgewell goal hits tottenham dreams

... birmingham boss alex mcleish has a more simple method: he just puts out the same starting line-up every week, a concept that would appall rafa benitez and claudio ranieri ... striker christian benitez, who is still waiting to perform his first home goal celebration, wasted a great opportunity ... after a lovely piece of skill put michael dawson on his backside, benitez shot weakly at goalkeeper heurelho gomes ... star man: james mcfadden (birmingham) yellow cards: birmingham: r johnson, bowyer, mcfadden, carr tottenham: palacios, defoe referee: s attwell attendance: 27,238 birmingham city: hart 6, carr 6, ridgewell 6, r johnson 7, dann 7, bowyer 6 (michael 65min), larsson 6 (fahey 58min, 6), ferguson 7, jerome 6, benitez 6, mcfadden 7 tottenham hotspur: gomes 3, bale 6, dawson 6, corluka 6, king 6, bentley 6 (jenas 89min), huddlestone 7, palacios 7, modric 7, crouch 6, defoe 6 (keane 78min)

ridgewell´s late strike frustrates tottenham

... christian benitez, the ecuador international striker, bamboozled michael dawson on the edge of the area before sending a tame shot right into the arms of tottenham's keeper

chasing pair pressure spurs

... christian benitez missed the best chance of the first half for birmingham but spurs ended the half on top and dominated the second period, with peter crouch coming close after good work from jermain defoe

spurs frustrated, kuyt lifts reds

... christian benitez missed the best chance of the first half for birmingham but spurs ended the half on top and dominated the second period, with peter crouch coming close after good work from defoe ... there was no such late drama for rafael benitez's liverpool, who coasted to a 2-0 win over owen coyle's bolton at anfield although the hosts did have to ride their luck in the early stages

blues give up on spurs ace pav

... mcleish currently has only two strikers as his disposal in cameron jerome and christian benitez because of injuries to kevin phillips

team news: chelsea v birmingham city

... they pair cameron jerome and christian benitez in a two-man attack