Source: Team_Talk
Blues hope Foster's fit to face Cats
en Foster could make his Birmingham debut in Saturday's Premier League opener at Sunderland if he recovers from a back spasm in time.[LNB] Blues manager Alex McLeish is hopeful goalkeeper Foster will have shaken off the injury suffered on England duty before kick-off at the Stadium Of Light.[LNB]City's other major summer signing, Serbia striker Nikola Zigic, is also included in the squad.[LNB]Defender Stuart Parnaby has been declared fit after sustaining a hamstring injury 10 days ago meaning veteran striker Kevin Phillips is the only major absentee with the torn thigh muscle which will sideline him for four to six weeks.[LNB]Birmingham (from): Foster, Carr, Parnaby, Murphy, Ridgewell, Dann, Johnson, Larsson, Gardner, Bowyer, Ferguson, Michel, Mutch, Fahey, McFadden, Valles, Jerome, O'Connor, Zigic, Taylor, Doyle.
