Birmingham City begin new era on and off the pitch as stadium plans make waves across the city

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Birmingham City’s rebuild under Chris Davies continues to gather momentum, with new signing Kyogo Furuhashi expected to make his debut this week.  Birmingham’s new stadium could rival Tottenham’s for NFL hosting capabilities, with a similar system of sliding turf trays and multi-surface flexibility. Club officials also believe it could attract global events, helping to put Birmingham on the international sporting map.

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00:00Booming with City's rebuild under Chris Davis continues to gather momentum, with new signing

00:07Kyogu Furayashi expected to make his debut this week. The Japanese striker signed from

00:13runs after a prolific spell at Celtic, sat out Saturday's impressive 3-1 win over Sevilla,

00:20but has returned to full training and in his line to feature against Soliol Moores on Wednesday.

00:25Kyogu has been training the last few days, so he will probably feature in the next few games,

00:31said Davis. Fellow countryman Kiyate Fumimoto has waited longer. He continues his recovery from

00:37a knee injury picked up last season at Gil Vicente. Kanya is a little bit behind. It will be a few

00:43weeks before he's even with the group, the manager confirmed. Blues have been busy in the market,

00:50it's adding Tommy Doyle and bright Osai Samuel, who both featured in Portugal. Doyle played the

00:57first half before making way for Osai Samuel in a planned rotation. They've all come in at

01:03different times, so we're managing their minutes, said Davis. Davis also praised the squad's growing

01:09unity, calling it a tight, hungry group with a strong identity. While the squad continues to take

01:16shape, attention off the pitch has turned to an ambitious long-term vision. CEO Jeremy Dale has

01:21unveiled plans for a 60,000-seat stadium, a retractable pitch, reforming the centrepiece

01:27of a £3 billion sports quarter in East Birmingham.

01:33The world's leading architects are competing to design a multi-purpose sporting coliseum,

01:38said Dale. It will respect local heritage while providing a year-round sporting venue

01:43for music and culture as well. The club hopes to break ground in 2028,

01:49pending planning approval in 2026.

01:52Birmingham's new stadium could rival Tottenham's for NFL hosting capabilities,

01:57with a similar system sliding turf trays and multi-flexible surfaces.

02:02Having returned to the championship as league won champions with a record 111 points,

02:08Blues now aim to build something lasting on the pitch and far beyond it.

02:13We'll say the'll be at the same time in 2028.

02:15Whatever you want to round in 2028.

02:15Hopefully we don't have to look at the next level,

02:18as well as you can see in 2128.

02:20The second level is to be able to figure out that we can expect to get into it.

02:22The second level is to be able to be able to programme in 2028.

02:24That's a very close to the next level.

02:25You can also believe in the current level.

02:27We can compare the central level with a strong setup to think of our team,

02:29the final level of a strong foundation for that fact is to be able to work out to represent the

02:33bright and olmas.

02:34What is being able to be able to keep in 1029.

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