Jaidi makes future admission

Key defender Radhi Jaidi has vowed to see out the rest of his career in England with Premier League hopefuls Birmingham.

The big Tunisian centre-half was tipped to move on after Blues were relegated but turned his back on reported interest from the Middle East to stay at St Andrews and impress manager Alex McLeish.

The 33-year-old says he has no desire to leave and is confident McLeish can take the club back up to the top flight.

"It was not really an opportunity for me in the summer," he told the Birmingham Mail. "I still have a contract here and me and my family enjoy it in Birmingham as well. I wasn't thinking to leave.

"My target is to finish my career in England. There weren't any real offers, people tried to contact the club but it wasn't serious, nor was it anything that interested me.

"I believe I can play more years in England and our objective now at Birmingham is to get back to the Premiership.

"That would make me happy as well because that's where I want to play and where I think this club should be.

"Birmingham City are a big club. We should not have got relegated and we should stay in the Premiership. We have to stop the ups and downs all of the time.

"The manager has the same idea and he is working for that. Hopefully we will continue as we have started in the Championship and then show that we deserve to remain in the Premiership."