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Darren Randolph has told Birmingham City he will be leaving the club in the summer.

After months of negotiations the Irish goalkeeper has opted not to sign the new contract Blues offered.

As a result he becomes a free agent and is available to sign for another club on a Bosman transfer.

It is expected he will join a Premier League outfit, with West Ham thought to be interested.

Randolph’s decision ends speculation that has been running since December and also his two-season relationship with Blues.

Following his move from Motherwell in the summer of 2013 Randolph made 92 appearances including last term’s 45 league starts which, with Jonathan Grounds, led the club.

And he ended the season in fine form by keeping three consecutive clean sheets and wasn’t beaten for the final five hours of his Birmingham career.

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His 153 saves were the second most in the Championship, Brentford’s David Button made ten more, and his 12 clean sheets also placed him in the top ten.

If he does indeed move to West Ham he will challenge Adrian and with veteran back-up Jussi Jaaskelainen also coming to the end of his existing deal.

The 28-year-old’s decision leaves Birmingham without a senior goalkeeper and comes just a couple of weeks after the club announced they did not want to retain Colin Doyle.

Rookie Nick Townsend has signed a new deal but Gary Rowett must now find not one but possibly two replacements.

Blues have been connected with Wes Foderingham of Swindon and Wigan’s Ali al-Habsi, both of whom are out of contract although neither are confirmed targets.