Birmigham City's bid to sign Sheffield United's talented stopper Matt Kilgallon looks like it has failed with the former Leeds man ready to commit his future to the club.

The 25-year-old Yorkshireman, who has spent the majority of his playing career in his home county, venturing away only for a brief loan spell with West Ham United in 2003, has been monitored by both Birmingham and fellow Premier League new boys Burnley for an extended period.

But with the St Andrews outfit poised to make a bid for his services he has all but put to pen to paper on a new deal to keep himself at Bramall Lane.

The England U21 international has made almost 90 league appearances for Kevin Blackwell's charges and had hoped to be in the top-flight with The Blades for the season ahead. But play-off agony at the hands of Burnley put paid to that and now he is sticking with the Steel City outfit, rather than moving on.

Alex McCleish has already bolstered his back-line this summer and Kilgallon would have become the fourth new defender at St Andrews.

A new deal, worth around £25,000 a week , has been put to the no nonsense defender this week and now he looks set to sign. Referring to when negotiations would be complete Kilgallon told the Sunday Mirror.

"I anticipate that, any time now, it will all be resolved."