Sullivan told the Birmingham Evening Mail: “We are very hopeful on both players. I’d say the chances of them joining are about 80%.

“Jesper has indicated that he will come, via his agent, and now its down to sorting out a few financial details.

“Steve is going to see Mario and we think he will also say yes but, again, we would then have to reach agreement on a monetary matter.

“There might be some stumbling blocks but we like to think the Blues board are like the Mounties – we always get our man!”

Once Maurinho has completed his trimming down of the squad then we should be able to see him bringing more players in.