Blues linked with Fabio Grosso

Birmingham manager Alex McLeish has targeted more new signings as he was linked with a move for World Cup winner Fabio Grosso.

The Blues boss is keen to add more new faces before the Premier League season begins.

Out-of-favour Juventus left-back Grosso was the latest name to be linked with the St Andrew's club today.

McLeish wants to supplement his two main summer recruits - goalkeeper Ben Foster and giant striker Nikola Zigic - having lost Joe Hart and allowed Lee Carsley, Christian Benitez, Gary McSheffrey, Franck Queudrue and Gregory Vignal to leave.

The manager said: "We would still like to enhance it, the board are right behind me on that which is fantastic.

"We've brought a couple of players in after we lost a few at the end of the season. I think we could be enhanced a bit and the board are pulling out the stops.

"There's no doubt we'll try right to the wire to bring in one or two more bits of quality.

"We have been talking for quite some while now with players and agents and clubs, and we'll keep on talking.

"The board are well aware of where I've identified players and we will try and do what we can to make Birmingham as potent a force as we were last season."

Grosso, aged 32, is believed to be on his way out of Juventus after falling down the pecking order at the Turin club.

And McLeish could be in the market for a left-back, after fielding centre-back Liam Ridgewell out of position for much of last season.

Grosso, who converted the winning penalty to hand Italy the World Cup in 2006, is also a reported target for Bologna.

Blues open up their Premier League campaign at Sunderland on 14 August.