Birmingham City assessing former Liverpool and Derby County star

The 28-year-old has been training with the Blues over the last week as he continues his search for a new club.

Wisdom has been a free agent since he departed from Derby at the end of last season after failing to agree terms on a new deal with the Rams.

Bowyer has been impressed with what he has seen from the former England Under-21 international - but stopped short of committing on whether he would be offered a deal with the club.

The Blues boss said: “He has looked OK but he’s a lad who has not played football since just before I came here, before we played Derby at the end of last season.

“It’s good to see him, of course he is not fit at the moment, no matter how much running you do yourself away from the game, it’s impossible to get match fit.

“He will keep training with us, we will see how far we can get him in a short space of time, but it’s good to have him around – he’s a good player.

“(He is) a lot better than I thought he was going to be on the ball, in possession he is very comfortable, it’s just the fitness side which is obviously not his fault.

“It’s too early to say if something will happen, I don’t think it’s fair to say anything. We just have to keep analysing and see where we go from there.”

Wisdom’s chances of securing a deal could be boosted by the news that current Blues defenders George Friend and Marc Roberts are not expected to return to contention until the start of March.