"I wouldn't resign. I have no reason to do anything like that to the people I work for.
Blues chairman David Gold said: "Steve Bruce is ambitious but he is a young man, he can bide his time and finish his job at Birmingham.
"He is a Geordie and everyone knows his feelings, but I think that kind of connection is oversold in the media."
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