Alex McLeish, new manager of Birmingham City is prepared to allow Neil Kilkenny to remain on loan at Boundary Park. He said, "We would like to bring other players in next month and that's going to hold players back already here." "Neil is a guy who at this stage of career should be getting first-team football. I have spoken to Neil's agent and we felt it might be wise to leave him out on loan or else we might look to move him on."