Blues move for Parnaby
Birmingham have signed Middlesbrough utility player Stuart Parnaby on a three-year deal which comes into effect from July 1.
Parnaby, whose current contract with Boro runs out this summer, had rejected a new deal from the Teessiders and arrives at St Andrews on a free transfer.
The 24-year-old becomes manager Steve Bruce's second close-season signing after Arsenal midfielder Fabrice Muamba who spent a successful loan spell at the club last season.
Durham-born Parnaby is looking forward to a new challenge after spending his entire career - apart from a two-month loan spell at Halifax - at The Riverside.
He told the Blues' official website, www.blues.co.uk: "The time had come for me to make a fresh start at a new club and I decided to join Birmingham after meeting Steve Bruce.
"He spoke really highly of all the lads and what a big club it is.
"Everything was really positive and once I'd spoken to him I knew what I wanted to do.
"I'd been at Boro since I was a 10-year-old so I thought it was a good time for me to make a new start and hopefully I can prove to the Birmingham fans what sort of player I am."
