Birmingham move for Tottenham's Ghaly

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Ghaly, 25, has been tipped for a move from White Hart Lane since reacting angrily to being substituted against Blackburn in the penultimate Premier League game of the season.

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Ghaly has struggled to hold down a place in the Spurs side

"He's one we have enquired about," Bruce said.

Bruce has been monitoring the Egypt international for a season, before the midfielder made his competitive debut for Spurs.

Ghaly made a breakthrough into Martin Jol's starting XI last season but was never a regular starter, and his future appeared in doubt when he threw his shirt to the floor against Blackburn and left the stadium immediately.

"He came to my attention a year ago when we had Tottenham in a pre-season friendly in the rain at St Andrews," said Bruce in the Birmingham Post. "It was that game when (Dimitar) Berbatov played and scored a stunning goal.

"But my eye was caught by Ghaly and we've had him monitored since. As I said, we've made an enquiry but it hasn't gone further - yet."

Meanwhile, Teemu Tainio has tipped new signing Younes Kaboul to feature in midfield as well as his usual central-defence role.

Tainio, who played with Kaboul at Auxerre earlier in his career, said: "He's powerful, strong and quick but he's a footballer as well and he can play in defensive midfield, I remember he did that earlier in his career."