Sullivan: Blues must spend wisely

13 May 2009 14:52
Then manager Steve Bruce brought Fabrice Muamba, Liam Ridgewell, Garry O'Connor, Franck Queudrue and Olivier Kapo to the club after securing promotion back in 2007. Stuart Parnaby, Daniel de Ridder and Richard Kingson were also brought in on free transfers while Wilson Palacios, Rafael Schmitz, Johan Djourou and Borja Oubina were attracted on loan. Bruce spent in the region of £10million but Blues were relegated at the end of that season, with Sullivan openly criticising some of the players brought in. McLeish has estimated in the region of eight new faces will arrive at St Andrew's this time around and Sullivan, who says finances will be within budget but admits allowances could be made for a "special" player, is hoping the funds available will be spent wisely. He told the Birmingham Mail: "That's the danger really, how much do you really know about players when you are bringing them in for the Premier League, the ones who haven't played there before? I would like players like the Lee Carsleys who have done it in the Premier League. You know what to expect off them. But I'm not saying they should all be old. "The bottom line is that we are after better value. We've got to use our money very effectively this time. You have to make sure that you use what you've got wisely. Saying all that, I'm looking forward to the season with excitement and optimism. More so than last time."

Source: Team_Talk