Manchester City youngster Reece Wabara is now expected to complete his loan move to the Blues on Friday morning. Earlier today Town boss Paul Jewell confirmed that the Blues were close to confirming the addition of the 19-year-old on a 93-day loan.
Wabara, who tweeted that he was with his family in Bromsgrove earlier this afternoon [and late this evening has said he has arrived at his "destination"], is set to be signed in time to be in consideration for Saturday’s home game against Brighton, although appears unlikely to start as he will at best only have limited time training with his new team-mates.
The England U20 international was first linked with Town earlier in the week when Reading, Millwall and Blackpool were also reported to be interested.
Wabara joined City from Walsall as a youngster and signed a new three-year professional deal earlier in the year.
City are allowing the highly-rated Midlander to move on for the short-term spell to get games under his belt with his first team experience so far only one sub appearance on the final day of last season.
Wabara comes from a sporting family with ex- Liverpool winger Mark Walters and heavyweight boxer Pele Reid his father Martin’s half-brothers. His grandfather, Lawrence Wabara, was an international footballer with Nigeria in the 1950s.
Meanwhile, midfielder Jimmy Bullard says he's enjoying his role at the deepest point of the Blues' midfield diamond and is getting fitter with every game: "I’m feeling a lot better, I feel I can get around the pitch a lot more.
"My role is sitting in front of the back four, getting on the ball as much as possible and trying to break up play.
"It means I don’t get as much license to get forward as I would like — I don’t get past the halfway line these days — but that’s my job.”
The 32-year-old says Town's two-man strike force of Jason Scotland and Michael Chopra has been a factor in Town's upturn in form: "The two up front helps us get out a bit easier.
"They have been great up front. Jason is a big, strong boy who holds the ball up well and helps us get up the pitch. He seems to have confidence and long may it continue."