Birmingham City's injured defender Maxime Colin has given the club's official website an injury update and assured fans that he is well on the road to recovery. 

The right back arrived on deadline day from Brentford but suffered a hamstring tear against his former club which curtailed his impressive start to life at St Andrew's.

He said: "I am doing quite well. I was on crutches, now I am on the bike in the gym doing work. The improvement is good. I had a scan and it came back six to eight weeks.

"So although it is difficult to say exactly, it is around this length of time. I was completely devastated by it. You do need to compare with what happened to Isaac Vassell. You need to think about that a little bit, because he had a bad injury.

"Obviously that is a longer one. But then you also think about the fact you have come to Birmingham, I did it against my former team and you want to do as well as you can, so I’m not happy. It is done, I have to complete my rehab the best I can to be back as soon as possible."

Colin is aiming to come back and help a side who currently find themselves in the relegation zone after a poor start to the season and he said: "We are not happy with the start of the season.

"We need to work harder in training, be really focused and to be really conscious of the fact we are in the red zone. It’s not like we can pretend it has not happened, we are in the red zone, the relegation zone.

"We cannot hide behind the gaffer, someone else, or look for excuses. We are in this situation because of us – the players.

"So we have got into this position ourselves, we need to get out of it as soon as we can and move up the table. It is really bad for a club the size of Birmingham to be where we are.

"We have to realise that too and do everything we can to improve our results.”

The Verdict:

Players always want to make an impression when they face their former club and especially so soon after leaving, Colin will have been gutted to pick up such a serious injury against Brentford.

It is refreshing to hear him front up but Blues fans have heard a lot of talking over the past few months and they need to see improvements on the pitch before they get too excited.

Blues fans - how much of a miss will Colin be? Let us know in the comments below...