Birmingham City face West Bromwich Albion and Leeds United on home soil next week
Birmingham City's Phil Neumann
Birmingham City's Phil Neumann
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Phil Neumann is a doubt for Birmingham City’s clash against West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday after being withdrawn with a muscular injury in the 2-1 win over Leicester.
The defender pulled up after an hour and had to be replaced by Bright Osayi-Samuel, with Tomoki Iwata moving to centre-back for the closing stages.
“He picked up something there,” Chris Davies said of Neumann’s withdrawal. “How that settles tomorrow is going to be decisive in this next week or two.”
Neumann’s form has improved since the turn of the year and Davies hailed his consistency on the eve of the Leicester match.
With a double-header against West Brom and Leeds United to come next week, Blues could do with Neumann shaking off his niggle.
Iwata was the auxiliary option to finish the Leicester game but new signing Jonathan Panzo is the natural fit if Christoph Klarer needs another new partner.
Panzo was an unused substitute on Saturday having only enjoyed a few training sessions with his new teammates since his deadline day switch from Rio Ave.
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