Plymouth signing Johnson explains Birmingham exit

Plymouth Argyle midfielder Damien Johnson stands by his decision to leave Birmingham City last week.

The 31-year-old appeared in only one Premier League games this season for Alex McLeish's side - as a substitute - before leaving St Andrews and he had grown tired of spending Saturday afternoons watching football instead of playing.

Johnson, who played almost 200 times for the Blues, said: "It was a tough decision to leave Birmingham. I'd been there a long time and really enjoyed it.

"Sometimes, though, you need to move on and now is definitely that time.

"Birmingham are having an unbelievable season, they are having a really good run and it was nice to be part of that, but I wasn't as involved as I would have liked to have been and every player wants to play and game time is important.

"The manager at Plymouth made me feel very welcome and said that he wanted me in his team.

"That's important for a player, I haven't felt that at Birmingham for the last season or so.

"I wasn't getting enough games; I wasn't getting enough opportunities at Birmingham, but I am going to get that at Plymouth.

"This is a fresh challenge for me. I'm here to play games."