New Birmingham City boss Alex McLeish has revealed he knows his budget for the January transfer market.
Eck said: "Birmingham is a real football club in every sense of the word, with passionate fans. It is a great challenge for me.
"I've never attempted to set too high a target at the beginning of every job. Let's get the next game won, let's get some points on the board and then we take it from there and try and build things slowly.
"We've got a good chance of staying up. We believe we've got the skills to keep the guys up but we need the players to have the skills as well and we will be pushing them to give the very best they can.
"People say why not wait for what they call a 'bigger' club but sometimes the opportunity is not there and you can wait forever for a chance. That is as good a reason as any.
"There is a lot of talk of takeovers but I was satisfied with what was said. I am satisfied with what I heard from the chairman and David Sullivan.
"In terms of money to spend in January, I know the parameters and I am comfortable with that."
