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Bournemouth's Rhoys Wiggins joins Birmingham on loan

Rhoys Wiggins has joined Birmingham City on a six-month loan deal
Image: Rhoys Wiggins has joined Birmingham City on a six-month loan deal

Bournemouth defender Rhoys Wiggins has joined Birmingham City on a six-month loan deal until January.

Wiggins, 28, signed for Bournemouth for the fourth time in his career in January 2016 but has failed to make a Premier League appearance for the Cherries since and has now made a temporary switch to St. Andrew's.

Wiggins is a former Wales U21 international and was called up to the senior squad in 2014 for Euro 2016 qualifying fixtures with Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus, though he did not feature in either.

The Wales full-back is a Crystal Palace academy graduate and has also had playing spells at Norwich City, Charlton Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday.

Wiggins is Gary Rowett's second deadline day signing, having confirmed another six-month loan deal for Burnley striker Lukas Jutkiewicz earlier on Wednesday.

Lukas Jutkiewicz has joined Birmingham City on loan until 2 January 2017
Image: Wiggins is Birmingham's second deadline day signing after forward Lukas Jutkiewicz joined from Burnley

Wiggins will wear the number 12 shirt for Birmingham while Jutkiewicz will line-up in the number 15, with both players likely to make their debut against Fulham at Craven Cottage on September 10.

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