Kelly: I'm not leaving Blues May 10 2008
Stephen Kelly has followed James McFadden in pledging his future to Birmingham - even if Alex McLeish's side are relegated from the Premier League this weekend.
Kelly has been one of City's most consistent players and has been on the pitch for every minute of City's 37 league games this season ahead of Sunday's home meeting with Blackburn.
And he is hoping his former Tottenham team-mate Jermain Defoe can do him a favour and help Portsmouth defeat one of City's main relegation rivals, Fulham, at Fratton Park.
Kelly said: "I want to stay at Birmingham. I've had two great years here and, regardless of what happens on Sunday, I see my future here.
"Last year we came up to the Premier League with quite a young team and the team has improved this year for the experience of being in the Premiership.
"We could bounce straight back up if the worst comes to the worst on Sunday and we go down.
"But we're not thinking about that. Hopefully we'll be in the Premiership next season and the focus is on this game with Blackburn.
"It can look kind of bleak but you've just got to think that on any day in football strange things can happen, and we have to be positive.
"We have got to make sure we do what we need to do and then it's fingers crossed. Reading may be playing Derby, who have not been in the best form all season, but strange things happen."
Kelly revealed his plan to ask Defoe for a helping hand.
He added: "I will text Jermain Defoe and ask him to knock in a few goals for me this weekend.
"People are saying Portsmouth are playing in an FA Cup final next week so they will take it easy against Fulham.
"But those players are playing for places at Wembley. They want to take the chance to book their place in the final so they will want to do well.
"Jermain is cup-tied but, while it's really disappointing for him, he's a top striker and he'll want to play and finish his season on a high."
Kelly is aware of the need for City to put in a vastly improved performance after the 2-0 reversal at Fulham left their destiny out of their own hands.
He said: "We have to make sure we win to give ourselves the best opportunity of staying in the Premier League. The Fulham performance was disappointing to take.
"We wanted to be in a position where what happened this weekend was in our own hands. We haven't got that opportunity now, which is difficult to take, and we have to look to put things right this weekend.
"There is nothing we can physically do apart from win our game which would give us a chance to play in the Premier League.
"At the end of the game we could be getting the best news of our lives or we could be told another team has won and we are getting relegated.