Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion will meet this weekend, with Birmingham City supporters keen observers.
West Brom are set to meet Villa at the weekend, as both sides get their play off campaign underway.
And Shan’s phone has been very busy over the past week, since it was known that Villa would be taking on Villa in the promotion deciding fixtures.
Both Birmingham and Villa fans have been texting the Albion boss, with different messages.
He said: “I’ve had thousands of messages from Blues fans, and hundreds of messages from Villa fans.
“Over the last seven days, I’ve had Villa fans saying ‘Can you do us a favour? Can you play him? Don’t play him! Play this way, do this, do that.’
“I’ve been inundated with various different people getting in contact with me for various things, for tickets, and ‘Make sure you beat those Villa boys!”
West Brom finished one place above Villa this season, but Dean Smith’s side are the form team in the division.
Villa finished the campaign impressively, as they climbed the table quickly.
West Brom have their own threats heading into the play offs though, with Jay Rodriguez and Dwight Gayle particular dangers to the Villa defence.
The first leg of West Brom’s clash will be played at Villa Park on Saturday afternoon.
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