JUST IN; BERMINGHAM’S WORD IS THAT IT’S” AN EXTRAORDINARY SEASON WITH OBSTACLES IN THE ROAD.”

Richard Wilford from BBC Radio West Midlands believes it has been a testing season for Birmingham City, who travel to Leicester City in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday.

–.“It’s been an extraordinary season,” the reporter stated. “It’s a football team which always manages to hit some obstacles in the road so even under new ownership,

“Six different managers have been in charge of the team this season. The number has got that high and we’ve gone full circle in that Gary Rowett is back in after he left in 2016.

“He was replaced by Gianfranco Zola, and he’s coming back in now to sort something of a mess. The [Wayne] Rooney appointment was followed by the misfortune and sad news of the illness to Tony Mowbray.

“It gives them a little bit more of a margin for error and they’ve got a bit of a boost because if you’re not winning games, it’s really difficult.

But Rowett has come in and made them a little bit more solid. The midfield looks more comfortable with Krystian Bielik pushed further forward.

“And of course, they’ve got Jay Stansfield who is having a really good season on loan who netted his 11th goal of the season against Preston.

“Juninho Bacuna has had by far his best season with nine goals and half-a-dozen assists.

Wilford added: “Rowett does know the DNA of the club. He was away for seven years, but he knows a lot of people who are involved, he knows what the fans want, and therefore he could come straight in and hit the ground running.

“But obviously no one is under any illusion of the scale of the challenge that awaits them.”