Sebastian Larsson admits he's been unsettled by talk of a move away from Birmingham City.
Newcastle United and Wigan Athletic were among Premiership clubs linked with the Swede, who said: "There was loads of speculation before the transfer window shut and at some stage it did affect me - I'm not going to lie about that.
"I didn't think too much about it or worry about it in the beginning but there was a lot of speculation over here, and particularly in Sweden.
"Maybe my focus wasn't on playing football as much as it should have been.
"But once it was back on football my performances became better."