Carsley keen on Birmingham challenge

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City, relegated to the Championship earlier this month, have signed Carsley subject to the midfielder completing a medical.

"My contract ran out at Everton and I was offered a new deal there but I felt it was time to move on," Carsley told Birmingham's website, bcfc.com.

The 34-year-old Sheldon-born player was a free agent after turning down the offer of a new contract at Everton and he has signed a two-year deal with the relegated club as they look to rebuild ahead of next year's Championship campaign.

"I wanted a new challenge and I didn't necessarily want to go to another Premier League club and struggle with them.

"Being realistic, we finished fifth in the league with Everton so I wasn't going to go to any of the teams above them and I couldn't see the point of going to any of the teams below them.

"So I feel I've done the next best thing and joined a club that's building for the future and trying to get where Everton are.

"I'd seen the job that Alex McLeish had done at Rangers and Scotland, where he had performed miracles.

"Alex just came across to me as a winner and his visions for the club match my own."