Alex McLeish has hailed Birmingham City Football Club new boy Alex Hleb as a dream signing.

The former Arsenal midfielder has moved to St Andrews from Barcelona on a season-long loan deal, two years after he left the Gunners to join the Spanish giants in a £14million deal.

"Hleb is a top quality player - one who at one stage we'd only actually dreamed about really,” McLeish told the official club website.

"Over the past year or so we have talked about him but with no real belief we could get him. We decided to give it a try and towards the end of the window we found out it might be possible.

"This is a major signing for us and we are very happy to have him here. He is an extremely creative type who is skilful, a great dribbler and has an excellent touch and quick feet.”

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