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Diego Fabbrini

The Daily Mail are reporting today that Birmingham City are closing in on a £1m deal for attacking midfielder Diego Fabbrini.

The Italian, who has one international cap against England in 2012, is currently on loan at Middlesbrough from Watford, but has fallen out of favour under Aitor Karanka in the last couple of months.

Fabbrini is, of course, a player Blues and their supporters know well, having spent the back end of last season on loan at St Andrew's.

And the Daily Mail say Blues are in advanced talks with parent club Watford, and are confident of striking a deal.

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Gary Rowett recently admitted it was an area of the field he was looking to add to this window, and that Andrew Shinnie could leave.

"There's probably no point in me speculating what's happened but that's perhaps an area we are maybe looking to strengthen," he said.

"If we do strengthen there might be an opportunity for Shinns potentially to go out and play some football.

"He's been great for me, he's been really loyal, really honest with his performances and was a big part of what we did last year.

"Jon's performances have made it difficult.

"It's certainly an area we might want just a little bit of extra in there."

Brian Dick's Blues man of the match against Ipswich