Tainio: Joins Birmingham on loan
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Blues borrow Tainio from Black Cats
Birmingham have signed midfielder Teemu Tainio on loan from Premier League rivals Sunderland until the end of the season.
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The 29-year-old Finnish international, who has been capped 46 times by his country, joined the Black Cats from Tottenham in July 2008.
He has featured in 23 games for Sunderland and scored the opening goal in their recent 4-1 Carling Cup triumph over Norwich.
Tainio signed a deal at White Hart Lane when he left Auxerre in July 2005 and went on to play 83 times for Spurs.
He began his career playing for TP-47 and then FC Haka in his homeland before joining Auxerre in 1997.
He made 150 appearances for the French club, playing his part in guiding them into the Champions League in 2002 and lifting the French Cup in 2003.
Tainio is currently with the Finland squad for their World Cup qualifiers against Azerbaijan on Saturday and Liechtenstein next Wednesday.
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safc26jc (Sunderland fan)
"this really suprised me. for me a very good player. one of if not the best last year and i felt he was still good enough for us"
berbatovspurs (Tottenham Hotspur fan)
"good loan deal for both parts!"
Mitchellblue (Birmingham City fan)
"Wot a waste of time wots he gonna bring to the team that we havent already got poor signing don't no were the goals are gonna come from now we needed some one that can score goals or a left back not another midfilder "
White_Heart (Tottenham Hotspur fan)
"Good, solid central mid. Thought he would have done better at Sunderland and that he was Bruce's type. Obviously not. Real grafter for spurs - wish him all the best."
brumman (Birmingham City fan)
"living in Canada (nr Lou Jones!)for most of the last 40 years I'm a bit out of touch with Sky and premiership rules. Can someone tell me if there are any conditions attached to the Sky money - shouldn't it be earmarked for team strengthening only? And what happens to any that is not so spent?"
vezvaler (Aston Villa fan)
"too good for the blues!"
boony (Tottenham Hotspur fan)
"Great player im gutted he left us... was he not doing it at Sunderland, or was it just at that time, he didnt have the quality around him"
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