This will be good news for Birmingham city if they can pull it off.
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Heskey has scored 12 times for Liverpool this season
Birmingham boss Steve Bruce says he is close to signing Liverpool’s Emile Heskey in a deal worth £3.5m - and hopes to land Leicester’s Muzzy Izzet.
England striker Heskey will be named in the squad to go to Euro 2004 on Monday but is out of favour at Anfield.
Bruce said: "We are close to agreeing a new deal and we hope to complete it within the next 48 hours.
“Hopefully we will be able to make Emile a Birmingham player within the next two days.”
The deal would be worth an initial £3.5m, but would go up to £6m after the player makes a certain number of club and international appearances.
Liverpool paid Leicester City £11m for the services of Heskey in March 2000. He has since made 277 appearances for the Merseysiders, scoring a total of 60 goals in all competitions.
But he looks to have fallen out of favour after Liverpool agreed to pay £14m for Djibril Cisse in time for next season.
I want the majority of my transfer work done before Euro 2004
Birmingham boss Steve Bruce
Heskey is expected to be the first in a number of high-profile signings by Birmingham in the summer, with Izzet set to be re-united with his former Foxes team-mate.
The Leicester midfielder has made up his mind to leave the Walkers Stadium following the club’s relegation to Division One.
Bruce, who wants to bring in four or five players to strengthen his squad, added: "If I was a Birmingham City fan I would be quite excited.
"All the players we have earmarked are all proven Premiership players and internationals.
"We have to make sure we bring in the right people to move us forward.
"When we have to compete with the so-called top five (clubs) for players, it is very difficult for us but with anyone bar these clubs we can compete.
"I want the majority of my transfer work done before Euro 2004 starts if I possibly can although I have to be realistic.
“We didn’t sign Mikael Forssell until a week before the transfer deadline last August.”