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Birmingham's McFadden has no Everton regrets

Birmingham City attacker James McFadden has no regrets leaving Everton in January.

The Scottish international said: "I have maybe swapped a fight to get into the Champions League for a relegation battle at Birmingham.

"But I would rather play every week in a relegation fight than be a bit-part player at Everton which was the case.

"I still maintain that Birmingham is a club with a lot of potential and I'll be giving it my best shot to make sure we are not relegated and then we can regroup in the summer.

"It's always nice to get your first goal and hopefully I can chip in along with the rest of the strikers."

McFadden revealed he could have ended up on loan at his boyhood heroes Celtic but believes moving to Birmingham is the right move at this stage of his career.

McFadden said: "Celtic tried to take me on loan before the transfer window opened and I was keen on it at the time but I didn't speak with Gordon Strachan.

"They never came in with a bid for me and then Alex McLeish really showed he wanted me here and that was a big thing for me."

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