Novak set for Blues talks

Birmingham boss Alex McLeish will hold talks with Slovakia striker Jan Novak in the next 48 hours to see if there is any possibility of the player moving to St Andrew’s from MFK Kosice next month.

But McLeish has ruled out any chance of signing Real Madrid’s Ruud van Nistelrooy and Wolfsburg’s Edin Dzeko as he looks to bring in new fire-power next month.