Bruce: Heskey ours in 48 hours

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce expects to seal the signing of Liverpool striker Emile Heskey within the next 48 hours.

Heskey, who will expect to be named in Sven-Goran Eriksson’s Euro 2004 squad today, has been lined up for a £3.5m (€5.2m) move to St Andrews after joining Liverpool for £11m (€16.2m) from Leicester in March 2000.