It's that time of year ... the season to be jolly ... and of course ... transfer speculation. The News of The World are reporting that former Charles N`Zogbia is set to move to Brum.

News of The World: "Birmingham boss Alex McLeish has been given a kitty of £20 million to spend this January and he is targeting N`Zogbia has a priority."

Charlie Boy caused quite a bit of trouble during his time on Tyneside, falling out with each and everyone of the managers who were in the hot-seat ... about eight during his spell!

He had his run-ins with players too ... quite a lot of them.

Then Toon skipper Scott Parker had him up against the dressing room wall once, when Charlie refused to turn off his mobile phone.

Happy days.