Gold makes League complaint

Birmingham chairman David Gold has revealed he will demand compensation from Wigan for the loss of coaching staff.

Former Blues boss Steve Bruce has recruited reserve team manager Keith Bertschin, assistant Eric Black, goalkeeping coach Nigel Spink, and, most recently, academy coach Will Royall since he took up the reins at the JJB.

An angry Gold, however, has reported Wigan to League officials in an attempt to get compensation for what he perceives to be 'poaching'.

"They took Steve Bruce, OK we got compensation, then Eric Black then our goalkeeping coach, then someone else, then someone else. Then you look around and there is nobody left," he told the Birmingham Post.

"The Premier League clearly states you are not allowed to do that, you are not allowed to poach other people's staff.

"Where does it stop? Just when we thought it was safe to go back in the water they took somebody else. What do we want? Compensation."