Robin Shroot’s a real bargain for Birmingham City at £3k

Jan 20 2009 by Colin Tattum, Birmingham Mail

will make good use of the money.

His weekly budget is just £1,000 in the Ryman Premier League, whereas some players at rival clubs are picking up between £300 and £500-a-week.

Blues have also agreed to play a pre-season friendly at Earlsmead Stadium as part of the deal for the Northern Ireland under-21 international.

Howell revealed that Fry, Peterborough United’s director of football, was also keen on Shroot, but was left empty-handed by Blues.

“Baz wanted him to play for Peterborough in a reserve game, but Robin’s agent arranged for a trial at Birmingham and Robin wanted to go there instead.

“Darren Ferguson [Peterborough manager] felt that Robin lacked that explosive pace but I said to Baz, ‘if you want a kid who can run 100m in 10 seconds but can’t play, fine, there’s plenty of those about’.

“Robin’s pace is upstairs, in his head. He’s a great signing by Birmingham.”