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Birmingham’s Lee Bowyer does not expect to be offered a new contract when his current deal expires this summer.<\/b><\/p>\n
Bowyer, 34, starred in Sunday’s Carling Cup triumph over Arsenal but has confirmed he is looking for a new club. <\/p>\n
When asked if he was to be offered a new deal, the midfielder said: “I think at the moment the club have said ‘no’. <\/p>\n
“That is not going to happen so I’ll be looking elsewhere. They might change their mind and keep me on, you never know. But that is up to the club.” <\/p>\n
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Bowyer insisted he wanted to remain at St Andrews regardless of the Arsenal result but admitted: “It is out of my hands. All I can do is try to put on performances.” <\/p>\n
And the London-born player, who joined Birmingham from West Ham in 2009, believes he is still good enough to play at the top level. <\/p>\n
“Because of your age, people still question whether you can still get box to box, if you can still do what you used to do. But I think I showed against Arsenal that I obviously can. <\/p>\n
“I’ve scored important goals this season, against Chelsea, Manchester United and in the semi-final against West Ham. I’ve also got a good track record in Europe as well, I’ve scored quite a few goals in Europe. <\/p>\n
“I’ve been doing it my whole career. Nothing has changed, apart from my age. I’ve just got older and wiser and just tried to calm down. <\/p>\n
“My deal is done here in the summer at Birmingham. I can still do the business so we will see what happens.” <\/p>\n
If Bowyer does leave, he will at least be able to look back on the first medal he has won during his lengthy career. <\/p>\n
“It was my first final, I’ve been in a lot of semi-finals,” added the former Leeds and Newcastle player, capped once by England. “Thankfully I’ve got a medal now and it is the right one. <\/p>\n
“In the past, when I was at Leeds, everyone put us down to win this, that and the other in terms of trophies and it never happened. <\/p>\n
“I’m just thankful and I’ve had a taste of it. I remember (former Leeds manager) David O’Leary saying to me, ‘It is not how much money you earn, it is the medals you get’, and that is the most important thing. <\/p>\n
“I can go home and show my kids I’ve won a medal and not a lot of people can do that.”\n<\/p>\n
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