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Birmingham City remain strong favourites for League One title
National World - LocalTV
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05/02/2025
A strong showing from Blues.
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Charlie, on to Birmingham City. Now, obviously, we've discussed a few times their heavy investment
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and they're clearly building for the future fortunes of the club. I mean, the owners are
00:11
fully on board, the fans are really enjoying their time in League One this season that
00:15
looks to be obviously short-lived with their ambitions to go up. Just summarise the January
00:21
business and where they are standing ahead of the remainder of the season.
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Yeah, it wasn't the most busy window for Birmingham in the winter. That's because
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they got most of their business done in the summer transfer window, as we know how much
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money they spent completely tearing apart the League One transfer records. It was mainly
00:39
focused on free additions and those for the summer as well. So Phil Newman, a centre-back
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who plays for Hanover in the second tier of German football, he was looked at by a host
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of Bundesliga clubs. Quite quick yet tall centre-back. He'll be joining up with Blues
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in the summer after signing a pre-contract agreement. Grant Hanley came in from Norwich
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City. He was the Canaries captain. He wasn't really getting that much game time in the
01:03
championship this season, but he's played so many games in the EFL throughout his career.
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He's got Premier League experience as well. He just bolsters a squad depth for Blues
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at the back. It's been confirmed Taylor Gardner-Hickman will sign permanently from
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Bristol City in the summer. Not happening just yet, but Birmingham World's understanding
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is £1.5 million, which I think is a bargain for a player who can play in so many different
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positions. And then on deadline day, they signed a South Korean international, a left-back.
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He's played seven times in the World Cup qualifiers recently. Should have some decent
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experience, a left-back. Obviously, Leigh Buchanan's season-ending injury was a big
01:40
blow to Blues, but they've now got the necessary depth in that position.
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Yeah, and Blues is running, obviously flying near the top of the table. How important is
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it that they just keep plodding on and they could even go near their rivals Wolves'
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League One points record?
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Yeah, it's a shame that they lost those games earlier in the season against Charlton Shrewsbury
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because they could have potentially been unbeaten this year, but that doesn't really matter.
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The main goal was getting promoted back to the championship and it looks like they'll
02:09
do that in style. They should win the league title and I don't see any way that they don't.
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18 matches unbeaten is just simply incredible. Going on to the semi-finals of the Virtue
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Trophy, playing Newcastle in the FA Cup is always an exciting prospect. It's just such
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a fantastic time at St Andrews and the buzz around the place, sellouts most week, home
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and away. Chris Davies, the Birmingham manager, will be delighted with how things are going.
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