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Birmingham boss McLeish eager to deal in McFadden

Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish has revealed they're keen to secure James McFadden to a new contract.

McFadden, 27, and in the last year of the deal he signed when moving from Celtic, feared for his future after ­rupturing the cruciate ligaments in his left knee in a training accident last month.

But McLeish will open talks and said: "We would be crazy not to make sure that a player of the quality of James is tied down to us.

"We've no doubt that he will return to the sort of great form he's ­already showed once he is fit again - and his recovery has been going really well.

"In fact, we've had to slow him down because he's been training too hard since starting his rehab work."

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