Taylor agrees new Birmingham deal

22 May 2010 11:10
irmingham's veteran goalkeeper Maik Taylor has agreed a new one-year contract with the Premier League club.[LNB] Midfielder Keith Fahey will also be offered a new deal after an impressive season, less than 18 months after joining from St Patrick's Athletic.[LNB]Taylor's current deal expired this summer and the 38-year-old spent the last campaign as number two to on-loan Joe Hart who has now been replaced by £6million capture Ben Foster.[LNB]But the Northern Ireland international has impressed manager Alex McLeish sufficiently to be given a new contract.[LNB]McLeish said: "Maik has accepted a new deal. I can see him becoming a future coach.[LNB]"He is nearing the age of 40 but like David James he is in superb condition.[LNB]"I need Maik to drive Ben and he still has the hunger. I'm sure that he'll still be in Northern Ireland's thoughts which will keep him on his toes."[LNB]Regarding 27-year-old Fahey, McLeish said: "He has been instrumental in our success in the Championship, when we brought him in that January (2009), and this season in the Premier League, he's been a proven Premier League player.[LNB]"We will be discussing a new contract for Keith as well because he had an agreement that if he proved himself in the Premier League we would look at his wages.[LNB]"He came from St Patrick's on buttons. We improved it to kind of Championship money. Now he has proved himself to be a Premier League player."[LNB]McLeish is also confident his own new contract will be sorted out in the near future.[LNB]He said: "My advisers have contacted the club and I'm hoping that something can get done fairly quickly. I don't envisage any hold-ups. Hopefully we will get things tied up."

Source: Team_Talk