Birmingham complete double swoop
Birmingham City have brought in Aston Villa's Liam Ridgewell and
Fulham's Franck Queudrue.
Blues' manager Steve Bruce took his tally of summer signings to ten
and bolstered his defensive options as he prepares for his team's
first season back in the top flight.
Ridgewell became the first person since Des Bremner in the mid
1980s to make a permanent move across the city from Villa Park to
St Andrews but the 23-year-old isn't too worried about the
inevitable reaction.
"It's about football. I just want to get on and play my football
and it doesn't really come into it," the former England U21
international told the club's official website. "I am looking
forward to working with Steve.
"He is a good manager and he has done a lot in his career as a
centre half, so that's a lot to look up to. Playing for so many
years at Manchester United you can't go wrong and I'm sure I'll
learn a lot of him because I am still young and making my way in
the game."
Birmingham paid £3million for the former West Ham United schoolboy
who has signed a three-year deal with the Blues.
Birmingham also paid Fulham £2million for Queudrue - beating
Sunderland in the race to clinch the former Middlesbrough star's
signature. The French international has signed a three-year deal
during which his fee could rise to a possible £2.5million.
