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Birmingham City are considering an approach for out-of-favour Aston Villa striker Libor Kozak .

The 26-year-old is way down the pecking order at Villa and has yet to make a single appearance in the Premier League this season.

In recent times Kozak hasn’t even made the matchday 18 and he’s thought to be open to a temporary move away to help rebuild his career.

Blues are desperate to sign another forward before the emergency loan window closes on Thursday as Clayton Donaldson has been ruled out for the next six weeks with an injury.

Kozak is one of a number of options under consideration and if Villa agree to let him depart boss Gary Rowett will act fast.

Arsenal’s Alex Iwobi, 19, is also a player who Blues have looked at but they’re believed to favour the Czech Republic hitman as he has top-flight experience both in England and Italy.

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Kozak arrived at Villa for £4.5million back in September 2013 but after bagging four goals in 10 starts he broke his leg around the Christmas period.

The ex-Lazio ace then missed 19 months of action and only returned to full fitness this summer.

He looked impressive in the pre-season period but then failed to break his way into ex-boss Tim Sherwood’s first-team plans at the start of the season.

New manager Remi Garde has also left him out of the squad for his first two games in charge as Jordan Ayew, Rudy Gestede and Scott Sinclair are preferred uo front.

Kozak’s opportunities at Villa will be further diminished when Gabby Agbonlahor returns from a calf injury so a loan move might be the best way forward for him.