Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has hinted he hopes to extend the on-loan Bolton defender's current deal. And when asked whether he is looking to tie Hunt down for a longer period of time, McLeish said: "We'll have to look at that because Stephen Kelly is still a wee bit away from fitness but Stuart Parnaby is 100 per cent fit again.

"We have to be thinking about keeping Nicky around. He looked great (against Wolves), he brought his Premiership experience to the team and he was a threat going forward and it was such a shame to lose him.

"It (his hamstring injury) was serious enough to take him off but hopefully it's not too bad for Nicky, he's got another game left for us."