It is solely ten days now till Birmingham Metropolis know their thrilling full set of Championship fixtures forward of the eagerly anticipated 2025/26 marketing campaign.
Chris Davies shall be praying that his super-confident Blues aspect can win on the opening day to get their season off to the very best footing, with a hope within the air that Birmingham can thrive within the second tier after making League One promotion seem like clockwork.
To assist make their transition up a league as easy as attainable, Birmingham shall be ready to spend within the switch market to improve their staff, with a deal doubtlessly again on the playing cards for a former star to return to St. Andrew’s.
Birmingham nonetheless concerned with former ace
As per a brand new report from Birmingham Stay’s Alex Dicken, a spectacular reunion deal for Demarai Grey to return to the West Midlands should not be written off simply but.
Dicken states that Birmingham are believed to nonetheless possess an curiosity within the entertaining 28-year-old winger, however he additionally reveals that there are a lot of obstacles within the newly promoted aspect’s means in making an attempt to get an announcement deal over the road.
The obstacles embody his lavish £76k-per-week wage at Saudi employers Al-Ettifaq – as per Capology – on high of the very fact Dicken states that numerous Premier League golf equipment are additionally eyeing up the previous Everton attacker.
However, Birmingham – who may seal Grey’s signature for £8m – have been profitable up to now when going after outlandish offers deemed too unlikely to occur.
That was seen in Jay Stansfield’s £15m deal final summer season – with Grey’s potential arrival onto the scene additionally maybe culminating in him placing up an enthralling attacking duo with one other goal on the Blues’ ever-extending buying listing in Joe Gelhardt.
Why Grey may very well be sensible alongside Gelhardt
Each Birmingham targets have proven flashes of their excellence on the very high of the English soccer pyramid, with Grey’s chic strike in opposition to Arsenal simply one in every of 19 objectives the Jamaica worldwide notched up within the Premier League.
Nonetheless within the infancy of his profession, Gelhardt does nonetheless have eight-goal contributions subsequent to his title within the elite division when he was deemed the subsequent huge factor popping out of Leeds United’s esteemed academy, that means the pair collectively at St. Andrew’s may convey a few sense of sophistication to proceedings, having tasted such lofty heights beforehand.
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Grey’s numbers by membership |
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Membership performed for |
Video games |
Targets |
Assists |
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Leicester Metropolis |
169 |
13 |
14 |
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Birmingham |
78 |
8 |
4 |
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Everton |
75 |
12 |
6 |
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Al-Ettifaq |
50 |
4 |
5 |
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Bayer Leverkusen |
12 |
1 |
2 |
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Sourced by Transfermarkt |
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Wanting on the desk above, Grey may additionally present Gelhardt possibilities galore to attain from if the pair are to don Birmingham blue collectively very quickly, with the skilled 28-year-old ahead as much as 31 assists now from his various taking part in days.
Even when he hasn’t been firing on all cylinders at present employers Al-Ettifaq, a pissed off Grey has no less than been making an attempt to carve out openings, with a wholesome 4 huge possibilities created by the ex-Blues attacker in Saudi Professional League motion final season, regardless of no assists coming his means.
While his teammates within the Center East won’t be ending off his strikes, Gelhardt may quickly be the right companion to Grey primarily based on his spectacular Championship numbers final marketing campaign with Hull Metropolis, with a promising 5 league strikes picked up from solely 19 begins, whereas additionally spurning only one huge probability.
With the aforementioned Stansfield additionally shut by, each the “electrical” winger – as he is been glowingly labelled up to now by journalist Scott Saunders – and Gelhardt may actually improve Birmingham’s attacking numbers forward of their second-tier journey formally kicking off.
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