Re: McLaren, Adkins and Poyet emerge as new favourites to take Birmingham vacancy

It might have been Roy Keane

Checking a Mail article from back then however, interesting to see Zola listed even back then

That search has stepped up in the last couple of days following the return from the Far East of Peter Pannu as he sifts through candidates to succeed Chris Hughton.

The list is still headed by bookmakers’ favourite Lee Clark, ex-Blues player Alan Curbishley and Gianfranco Zola, who was in the frame before Hughton was appointed last year. There are also several managers who currently have jobs such as Blackpool’s Ian Holloway, Brighton’s Gus Poyet and Swindon’s Paulo Di Canio, although the Italian has just signed a new two-year contract at the County Ground and is very much an outsider.