Instead of waffling on about something I’ve already covered a couple of times before, I thought I’d put together a roundup of news from the last few days.

I was pleased to see that young Eddy Gnahore has signed a professional deal, which will run until 2014. I’ve seen the lad play a few times, and I think he’s got a future in the game. He’s a big bustling player – like Guirane N’Daw, he’s a bit of a battering ram when he gets going; however he’s also got a nice touch and he can get forward well. I’ve found this youtube clip of him from last season where you can see his range of passing and tackling (he’s the number 8).

I think you’d probably have to be under a rock yesterday to not have heard that Colin Calderwood has signed on to be assistant manager to Chris Hughton. Bearing in mind all the scare stories of how broke Blues are, I think it’s intriguing money was there to take on another member of management. I’ve had a read through Hibs forums and I have to say, not many are complimentary about Calderwood – talk of negative football, negative tactics (where have we heard that before about a former Hibs boss eh?). However, Newcastle Untied fans were complimentary about Colin’s tenure as first team coach under Hughton. It’s weird – Blues now have three coaches who have all been managers at one time or another, a situation that I can’t imagine has been replicated too many times before. I think it says a lot of the respect for Hughton that there must be if coaches are prepared to work underneath him rather than be the main man elsewhere.

On the transfer rumour front there has been talk of Premiership clubs watching Curtis Davies. Whilst I personally believe it would take a fairly hefty offer (£4-£5mil) to sign the centre-back, I don’t think it’s beyond the realms of feasibility that Premier League managers are keeping tabs on him – especially bearing in mind the form he’s been in and the crapola Blues are supposed to be in financially. Likewise, I’m not surprised that teams are looking at Jean Beausejour – what does surprise me is that he’s apparently said he’s not interested in playing for a team in the lower reaches of the Premier League. Beausejour is a footballing nomad – this spell at Blues is his longest spell at any club since he was a youngster at Universidad Catolica back in Chile. There will be no players coming into Blues until January at the earliest now however, as the loan window shut yesterday without any incomings. Nile Ranger, who has been rumoured as a target for Blues in the winter window has ended up at Barnsley until January 14 – it’ll be interesting how he gets on there on and off the field.

Out in China there is very little to report; Carson hasn’t been in the press at all recently and I guess it will remain that way until his pre-trial hearing on December 7th. No news on that front may well be good news. Similarly, there has been little available about anyone else connected with Birmingham International Holdings – however, I’m keeping my eyes open in case anything does break out there.

Tags: Chris Hughton, Colin Calderwood, Curtis Davies, Eddy Gnahore, Jean Beausejour, Nile Ranger