Birmingham ready to fend off Newcastle advance for Swedish star Larsson
13 April 2012
Birmingham City are ready to resist any bid by Newcastle United to sign their Sweden midfielder Sebastian Larsson.
Reports in Scandinavia suggest that Newcastle have offered Birmingham £4.2million for the former Arsenal winger.
Larsson is currently with Sweden at the European Championships and has been offered a five-year contract by Birmingham.
City boy: Birmingham believe Sweden's Sebastian Larsson (left) will stay at the club
But despite interest in the 23-year-old following City’s relegation from the Premier League, the St Andrew’s board are in no mood to cash in:
“We don’t want to sell Seb, he’s part of our plans for next season and I think he’ll be loyal to the badge,” said chairman David Gold.
