Birmingham City boss Steve Bruce has insisted midfielder David Dunn's impending departure is 'amicable'.
Dunn is believed to be on the verge of joining Bolton Wanderers for a cut-price £1million - a huge loss on the £5.5 million Bruce paid Blackburn Rovers in the summer of 2003.
He was at his best during his first six months at the club when the Blues were in the top six of the English Premiership.
But hamstring and back problems limited him to a handful of appearances after that and now Bruce believes Dunn will benefit from a fresh challenge.
He said: 'David Dunn is fit and it might be in the best interests of both parties if something happens.
'He has problems with his family life up north. That is genuine, so it might be in both our interests that I get a few quid in, spend it on someone else and then off we go again.
'It will be an amicable goodbye. As long as I get the money I am looking for, it will be amicable!
'It's a shame Dunny has had so many injury problems here because he is a special player, someone who is part of a dying breed, and in his first few months here you saw the influence he can have on a team.
'If people like Dunny, Mikael Forssell, Muzzy Izzet and Matthew Upson had stayed fit last season, we would have been a far better team and I am convinced we would have stayed in the Premiership.
'The club has spent millions on Dunny, buying him, trying to get him right, trying to get him on the pitch. He is also a decent wage earner. A change of scenery might do him good.'
