Gianni Paladini is growing increasingly confident of succeeding in his £30 million takeover attempt at Birmingham City and will discover in the next 72 hours whether his bid has been successful.

Paladini has told close associates he is happy with how the situation is progressing and has been assured of an answer from acting Birmingham chairman Peter Pannu, which is expected by the middle of this week.

The Italian has been encouraged by the positive dialogue with Pannu and is ...

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