The company that owns Saturday's Amex visitors Birmingham has gone into receivership.

The parent company, Birmingham International Holdings Limited (BIHL), blamed "fractious and inharmonious relations within the management" for the decision.

BIHL have appointed three receivers from Ernst and Young.

The club said it wished to reassure supporters "most emphatically" that no winding-up petition had been filed.

It said it was, therefore, not in liquidation and could continue to fulfil its fixtures in the league.

Birmingham's former owner Carson Yeung was convicted 11 months ago of money laundering and jailed for six years.

Gary Rowett's Birmingham play at Middlesbrough tomorrow night before heading South to tackle the Seagulls.