Blues boss keen to keep Hunt

Alex McLeish will soon assess Nicky Hunt's future at Birmingham but has hinted he hopes to extend the on-loan Bolton defender's current deal.

Hunt: On loan at Birmingham
Hunt: On loan at Birmingham

Hunt has enjoyed a successful spell at St Andrews since agreeing a one-month loan move at the start of November.

The right-back, who had to come off in Saturday's 1-1 draw against Midlands rivals Wolves due to a hamstring injury, has one more game left of his current agreement.

And when asked whether he is looking to tie Hunt down for a longer period of time, McLeish said: "We'll have to look at that because Stephen Kelly is still a wee bit away from fitness but Stuart Parnaby is 100% fit again.

"We have to be thinking about keeping Nicky around. He looked great (against Wolves), he brought his Premiership experience to the team and he was a threat going forward and it was such a shame to lose him.

"It (his hamstring injury) was serious enough to take him off but hopefully it's not too bad for Nicky, he's got another game left for us."

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alicante (Bolton Wanderers fan)

"Great to have a winning spell & 7 goals in 2 games is cloud 9 stuff.Have to give credit to the ginger 1 as his signings really are doing the business for us so if he can add 2 or 3 of the same quality in January & we give them a month to settle in then we could have a hell of team that could bring back the glory years we all got used to.Still going to need a longer run for GM to convince me he is the right manager for the club but I do feel now that he should be judged on the full season & with the benefit of some more signings.The lads clearly like him & he got Nolan to play again;gave a exit to Nicky Hunt so he is making a good start.So credit where due he should be Manager of the Month,no further comment."

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