Sullivan slams fans and Bruce buys

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Sullivan is desperate to sell his stake in Blues after claiming he and his fellow directors were subjected to "venomous" abuse from a section of the St Andrews crowd during Sunday's Barclays Premier League match with Blackburn which saw the club relegated despite a 4-1 win.

He said on Sky Sports News: "I've got my young kids with me, my kids are in tears. I can't repeat what was chanted. It's all f's and c's and w's, and things like that, which I don't need in my life."

He added: "It isn't part of the game, as far as I'm concerned. It isn't acceptable. It's the venom. It wasn't just half a dozen people.

"At the end, you've probably got 1,000 people, 1,500 people on the pitch that ripped down goalposts. Those people ruined it for everybody."

Asked for the reasons behind Birmingham's immediate return to the Coca-Cola Championship following last summer's promotion, Sullivan was unequivocal.

"We bought a pile of rubbish," he said.

He named Queudrue - a £2million signing from Middlesbrough - and Kingson - a free transfer from Ankaraspor - as two of the worst buys.

He added: "Bottom line, we didn't improve the team last summer."

"He (former manager Steve Bruce) thought he needed numbers - we went for numbers," Sullivan said. "We'd probably have been better just signing three players and going for better-quality players."