Pandini exit prompts striker search

Birmingham manager Steve Bruce is expected to step up his search to bring in a new striker next month with Walter Pandiani on the verge of joining Espanyol in a £1m (€1.46m) deal.

City are close to tying up the loose ends with the Spanish club for Pandiani who cost £3m (€4.4m) when he moved to St Andrews from Deportivo La Coruna last summer.