Birmingham v West Ham: David Bentley out of Carling Cup semi-final

Birmingham will be without on-loan winger David Bentley for Wednesday evening's Carling Cup semi-final second leg clash with West Ham at St. Andrew's. Bentley is ineligible as he has already played in the competition for his parent club, Tottenham, this season. Out of the running: Bentley is ineligible for the Carling Cup clash Sebastian Larsson is set to replace Bentley as City look to overturn a 2-1 first leg deficit. Blues boss Alex McLeish has no fresh injury concerns with JamesMcFadden (knee) and Scott Dann (hamstring) long-term casualties. Team (from): Foster, Carr, Johnson,Ridgewell, Murphy, Larsson, Ferguson, Mutch, Fahey, Hleb, Derbyshire,Taylor, Jerome, Gardner, Bowyer, Zigic, Jiranek, Phillips, Parnaby,Beausejour.  Newcastle to refuse Birmingham's £1.5m offer for striker AmeobiStoke told Jerome will cost £8m as Birmingham aim to sign Tuncay BIRMINGHAM CITY FC

Source: Daily_Mail