Article: Glum for Brum as McLeish breaks out in cold sweat.(Sport)

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Daily Mail (London)
Article date:
August 15, 2009
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Byline: by NEIL MOXLEY

WHEN he embarked on a career in management, Alex McLeish must have relished the prospect of leading out a Premier League club at Old Trafford one day.

Tomorrow he will discover the downside to that particular dream.

As if an opening-day fixture for Birmingham City against the champions wasn't enough to leave him in a cold sweat, an injury crisis has only darkened his mood further.

And this week's news that the club are now in the middle of a takeover battle hints that his problems are only just beginning.

Two years ago, the arrival of Hong Kong-based businessman Carson Yeung precipitated a schism that ...

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