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Birmingham City have called out former boss Garry Monk after his incredible attack on Pep Clotet.

Sheffield Wednesday manager Monk welcomes his old side to Hillsborough tomorrow night (7.45pm) and tempers have already flared ahead of the grudge match .

Monk was sacked by Blues in June after refusing to resign, and joined Wednesday in September.

The former Swansea City, Leeds and Middlesbrough boss laid into Clotet - who took over from Monk in the summer - in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday .

Clotet, Monk's assistant at Swansea, Leeds and Blues, was given the title of 'Caretaker head coach' when he took the reins at St Andrew's.

Monk taunted Clotet over his title and said his relationship with the Spaniard had completely broken down.

“In terms of, I don’t know what it is, is it interim, caretaker head coach? I don’t know what his title is," Monk said.

"I don’t speak with him.

“What’s most important to me is when I’m assembling a staff around me and to work with me the key thing is to give them an opportunity and show them complete trust, and you hope that they repay that trust.

“Sadly not everyone has that character. Some choose to pursue their own opportunities in the worst possible way.

“The most important bit for me is you live and you learn. Unfortunately for me, I didn’t listen to a lot of people in Football circles who warned me about the character he is. That’s an error of judgement from myself but it’s a mistake I won’t be making in the future.

“I don’t want to waste any more energy on it.”

And Blues wasted no time in hitting back at their former boss.

Attaching a video of Monk's tirade, they tweeted: "We tried to find comments from our 'Interim Caretaker Head Coach' speaking without class about tomorrow's game.

"We couldn't.

"In the meantime, it's always nice to hear something from the opposition manager.

"Garry, you want to come?!"