[lfc-news] Diao set for St Andrews - PA

PA Sport, 17 Jan 2005
DIAO SET FOR ST ANDREWS

Birmingham are set to sign Liverpool midfielder Salif Diao on loan for
the rest of the season.

Blues are close to agreeing a six-month deal for the Senegal
international as a short-term replacement for Blackburn-bound Robbie Savage.

Aston Villa boss David O'Leary is trying to sign players on short-term
contracts or on loan and Diao would have fitted the bill. His own
midfield dynamo, Gavin McCann, is sidelined for the remainder of the
campaign with a knee injury.

But Diao, 28 next month, is understood to prefer a move to St Andrews
after becoming surplus to requirements at Anfield.

Blues have plenty of midfielders but no-one quite like Savage and Bruce
is hoping Diao will add steel in the centre of the park.

Diao is not viewed as the long-term answer to Savage whose move to Ewood
Park should be completed in the next 24 hours.

Bruce is keeping tabs on Portsmouth midfielder Amdy Faye who ironically
had been set to move to Villa before O'Leary pulled the plug on the deal.


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