Brady and Sullivan insist: We did a pretty good job at Birmingham

Goodbye: Birmingham managing director Karren Brady will soon leave the clubDavid Sullivan hopes prospective new Birmingham owner CarsonYeung can take the club to a new level as he nears the end of a 16-yearassociation with the club.The outgoing co-owner admits the realisation hit home 18 months ago that many Blues fans wanted a change at the top of the Midlands club.Sullivan and managing director Karren Brady will leave City whenYeung completes his takeover in the next few weeks although David Goldwill remain as chairman.But the duo insist Birmingham have been revitalised since the dark days of the early 1990s when gates averaged less than 7,000.Sullivan and Brady, in a statement on City's official website, say: "Since coming to the club over 16 years ago, there have beenmany changes on and off the field."The day we came to St Andrews in 1993 the facilities were tiredand in desperate need of refurbishment, the gates were averaging under7,000 a game and the business was in dire need of stability. Boardroom shake-up: David Sullivan will leave St Andrew's, but fellow current co-owner David Gold (foreground) is staying on as chairman"During our near 17 years at the club we have made tremendous developments to both St Andrews and the Wast Hills training ground"We bought the football club back to the top flight of English football for the first time in 16 years"The club is now financially solvent and holds a highly valuedstatus in English football to date. We are one of the only footballclubs in the Premier League to run a successful and efficient business Changing times: Karren Brady (left) breezes into Birmingham in the early Nineties, while Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung (right) is set to take command"But we realised 18 months ago, when we were relegated from thePremier League, that large sections of supporters wanted a change ofownership."With great effort, we have sourced a multi-millionaire, backed byother mega rich Chinese investors who we hope can achieve for the clubwhat we have failed to achieve."The statement continues: "It is with a feeling of great sadness that we say goodbye to the club."We will always be Blues supporters, we will watch the resultsevery week with interest and we hope that when you all look back youwill realise we did a pretty good job in our near 17 years at StAndrew's." Hull 0 Birmingham 1: Brilliant Boaz finally beaten by super sub O'ConnorBirmingham's Brady bunch set for West Ham: Gold hints at takeover bidOut of the Blues: Sullivan and Karren to leave Birmingham in Yeung takeoverTHE MIDLANDER: Goodbye but not good riddance to Sullivan and BradyBIRMINGHAM CITY FC

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