Birmingham chairman David Gold has vowed to fight tooth and nail to prevent Eric Black joining Steve Bruce at Wigan.
Blues surpremo wants to keep assistant manager
Birmingham chairman David Gold has vowed to fight tooth and nail to prevent Eric Black joining Steve Bruce at Wigan.
Bruce is keen to bring Black with him to Wigan after their successful partnership at St Andrews.
Black will take caretaker charge of Birmingham for this weekend's game with Portsmouth and Gold is determined to keep him on a permanent basis.
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"I believe Eric Black is special. I really admire him," said Gold.
"His multi-lingual skills are so important in communicating with our foreign players and he has a great relationship with the squad.
"I will be doing everything to keep him at Birmingham. I want him to stay and will be fighting to stop him going to Wigan.
"We want to keep the best people at Birmingham - and Eric is a person who falls into that category. He will be in charge on Saturday and we wish him well."
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Gold, meanwhile, insists the club will be leaving no stone unturned in their pursuit of a new manager.
"We are working hard to resolve all of the issues.
"Steve Bruce leaving is an issue in itself. We won't leave any stone unturned to try to sort things out satisfactorily.''
