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Birmingham City have signed midfielder Max Bird from Bristol City for an undisclosed fee.
The 25-year-old arrives at St Andrew’s on a three-year deal, becoming Blues’ sixth signing of the summer.
Bird, who had a year left to run on his deal at Ashton Gate, made 68 appearances for the Robins and scored three goals during his two years with the club after joining from Derby County where he
Bird has been besieged by injuries for much of the season but made 11 consecutive league appearances since his return in February until his latest setback.
“Unfortunately, every time you get a muscle injury they grade them – 1A, 1B – even if you get the lightest one, 1A, it’s still two to three weeks which under normal circumstances in a long season you can deal with happening, but [not]
Bristol City midfielder Max Bird has been ruled out of Saturday’s visit to Preston North End (15:00 BST) with a calf injury that could see him miss an extended period of time.
Bird did not feature in the defeat to Oxford United last Sunday and while boss Gerhard Struber initially thought the injury seemed “not so bad”, that positivity seems to have dampened.
Bird missed the opening game of the