{"id":469941,"date":"2011-07-28T17:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T17:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/28\/liam-ridgewell-close-to-west-brom-switch-from-birmingham-report\/"},"modified":"2011-07-28T17:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T17:56:00","slug":"liam-ridgewell-close-to-west-brom-switch-from-birmingham-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/28\/liam-ridgewell-close-to-west-brom-switch-from-birmingham-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Ridgewell close to West Brom switch from Birmingham &#8211; report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"39.752276867\"><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><em>For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2559\/rumours\/archive\/1\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/103\/birmingham\">Birmingham<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/1180\/liam-ridgewell\">Liam Ridgewell<\/a> is close to sealing a move to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/112\/west-bromwich\">West Brom<\/a>, according to reports.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"8\"><br \/>27-year-old Ridgewell is on the verge of signing a three-year contract with the Baggies, according to <em>Sky Sports<\/em>.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Ridgewell joined the Blues from their rivals Aston Villa in 2007 and has two years left to run on his new contract, signed last summer.<\/p>\n<p>But following Birmingham\u2019s relegation last season the club are prepared to sell.<\/p>\n<p>Ridgewell spent much of last season in the relatively unfamiliar position of left-back, due to the form of fellow central defenders Scott Dann and Roger Johnson, the latter of whom recently signed for Wolves.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/07\/28\/2594972\/liam-ridgewell-close-to-west-brom-switch-from-birmingham\" title=\"Liam Ridgewell close to West Brom switch from Birmingham - report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liam Ridgewell close to West Brom switch from Birmingham &#8211; 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