Source: Daily_Mail
Nikola Zigic completes £6m Birmingham City deal as giant striker pens four-year Blues deal
 Nikola Zigic has landed himself a tall order - finding the goals to fire Birmingham City upwards after completing a £6million switch from Valencia.[LNB]The giant Serbia striker has agreed a four-year deal with the St Andrew's club, becoming Alex McLeish's third signing of the close season.[LNB]Zigic stands at almost 6ft 8in - he doesn't exactly dwarf Spurs' Peter Crouch, but the England international has finally found someone in the Barclays Premier League to look up to. Albeit by less than an inch.[LNB] Getting stuck in: Zigic was tracked by a number of Premier League clubs [LNB] McLeish moved quickly to secure Zigic on a lengthy contract fromValencia, who have off-loaded the Serb shortly after banking £34m fromthe sale of David Villa to Barcelona.[LNB]The striker had also been tracked by Stoke, Blackburn and Sunderland. [LNB]McLeish, armed with funds from Carson Yeung, has added Zigic to hisfrontline after signing Manchester United's Ben Foster late last week.Spanish midfielder Enric Valles has also joined on a free transfer fromBreda.[LNB]AND HE WILL BRING A BIT OF COMPETITION FOR ABBEY... What is it about tall footballers and stunning models? Gentlemen, meetthe beautiful Ivana Zigic (left), Nikola's wife. The Serb will(hopefully) be gracing Premier League grounds next season to give AbbeyClancy (right) a run for her money as top WAG.[LNB] SO, WHO'S THE WORLD CUP'S SMALLEST PLAYER?BAKARI KONE (Ivory Coast)TheAl-Shorta striker is just 5ft 4in and his pace and movement could causegroup rivals Brazil and Portugal plenty of problems in South Africa.[LNB]  Nikola Zigic - the Birmingham striker who is taller than Peter Crouch (and with a missus to rival Abbey!)McLeish 'doesn't envisage any hold ups' with new Birmingham contractBirmingham snubbed in fresh bid for Wigan winger Charles N'ZogbiaChampions League? Forget it! English clubs struggle to meet UEFA cash rulesBIRMINGHAM CITY FC
