Football

CITY

• Birmingham City exit confirmed as recruitment team prepares for overhaul

  Birmingham City's recruitment team will have a new figurehead when a Director of Football is appointed

• Second Birmingham City player withdraws from international duty to spark injury fears

  Birmingham City return to action at the end of this week with a short trip to West Bromwich Albion

• Birmingham City could sign five ex-Man Utd stars if John Murtough gets top job

  Birmingham City have identified John Murtough as a candidate for the vacant director of football job and he could bring some familiar faces with him

• Kyogo, Panzo, Doyle - How seven former Birmingham City players are getting on after summer exits

  Birmingham City made changes to their squad this summer, with seven players moving on or ending their loans

• Midland teenager's pie pilgrimage as he rates football ground grub

  Olly Jones, 16, is a social media sensation - but it's more about the scran than the soccer for the sixth former

VILLA

• International boss demands protection as Aston Villa man fouled ten times in three games

  Aston Villa's rising star Johan Manzambi has seen three players booked for tackles on him in the international break

• Aston Villa on alert as John McGinn team-mate set for 'likely' summer exit

  Aston Villa and Manchester United are both claimed to have made an enquiry for the Scotland international in the summer

• Three times Man City raided Aston Villa for signings while breaking Premier League financial rules

  Manchester City signed three players from Aston Villa during the period in which the club was found guilty of breaching financial rules

• Emi Martinez reveals why he left Aston Villa as he opens up on feeling 'pain' for a long time

  Chelsea goalkeeper Emi Martinez has explained one reason why he wanted to leave Aston Villa during the summer transfer window

• How 11 players who left Aston Villa in the summer have fared as dream and nightmare scenarios unfold

  The players who left Aston Villa in the summer have enjoyed varying degrees of success early in their new careers elsewhere