Aston Villa skipper Stiliyan Petrov has set his sights on returning to action early in the new year.

Birmingham are considering redeveloping part of their St. Andrew’s ground to increase the capacity to around 46,000 as an alternative to moving to a new stadium.

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish gave a vote of confidence to the same players beaten 3-1 at West Brom in the Barclays Premier League clash with Wigan at St. Andrew’s.

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