CHRIS Hughton has insisted that he will adopt a carry on as normal approach regardless of what happens off the pitch.

Blues parent company, Hong Kong-based Birmingham International Holdings Ltd (BIHL) is in serious financial difficulty.

Peter Pannu, Blues acting chairman, has revealed that he is trying to encourage recent new investors, probably Yang Yuezhou, to inject more capital to help the club.

Pannu, writing in the Blues match programme ‘From the Boadroom’ column, stated that there had been no money from BIHL since relegation from the Premier League.

So although significant players sales since the summer helped ease BIHL’s debts and cut costs for life in the Championship, the spectre of more exits in January to keep Blues going seems to remain.

Blues manager Hughton said he had no extra worries or concerns after Pannu’s message.

"When I took the job I was very aware of what the financial situation was, that we would be selling players and recouping some funds. And that’s where we are.

"In amongst that, to go with the players who were already here, I was able to bring some players in to give us what I hoped would be a competitive squad.

"As for January, I suppose the answer to that one is that it’s hypothetical. January hasn’t come yet, so we don’t know.

"At this moment, what we do have is a squad that is competitive.

"What I would like is continue to have a squad that is competitive. Anything that might be in the future, I’m not aware of.

"That’s [the circumstances] what we’ve worked under so far and that’s what we will continue to work under."

"The worry for me is that we have a game on Thursday and then a game on Sunday," Hughton added.

"I think in football you can’t look too far into the future.