LEE CARSLEY has the Birmingham job in the short-term – but has been dealt a massive blow with injury to David Stockdale.
Carsley has taken charge after Harry Redknapp’s dismissal and will get six weeks to get the club out of relegation trouble.
But that will be without goalkeeper Stockdale after he suffered a wrist injury.
The ex-Fulham No1 could miss a few months while he recovers but first needs further assessment.
Stockdale He has played in all eight of second-bottom Birmingham‘s Championship matches so far this season.
But former Manchester United keeper Tomasz Kuszczak,35, will deputise against Derby on Saturday.
Redknapp’s exit has already seen the loss of Venezuela defender Rolf Feltscher, who chose to leave amid the turmoil.
And Redknapp himself admits he might never manage again.
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Six straight defeats cost him his job and Redknapp said he “very much” doubted if he would go looking for another job.
And asked if it would be his last shot at management, the ex-Tottenham chief said: “There’s every chance, I’m a realist.
But Redknapp added: “If I could go and help someone somewhere, or somebody wanted somebody to come in and help at their club, young manager, I’d love that.”
and he was honest about the reason behind his demise with the Blues.
he said: “I took over at the end of last season I got them out of trouble, they weren’t good enough and it needed change.
“Unfortunately I couldn’t get the players in that I was after it went right down to the wire, it was transfer deadline week before I got a big influx of players.
“Then you have six players making their debut on one day – you have to work with people. Then we had three games in that week – so even working with them on the training ground was difficult.”
Former Everton and Birmingham midfielder Carsley, 43, won 40 caps for the Republic of Ireland before assistant manager jobs at Coventry and Sheffield United.
He was Brentford chief for a year before managing Manchester City Under-18s and and Birmingham U-23s.
He is also assistant chief for the England Under-21 team.
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