Birmingham eyeing move for £8m winger

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 might be praying that his super-confident Blues facet 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 doable, Birmingham might be ready to spend within the switch market to improve their crew, with a deal doubtlessly again on the playing cards for a former star to return to St. Andrew’s.

Birmingham nonetheless occupied with former ace

As per a brand new report from Birmingham Reside’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 lots of obstacles within the newly promoted facet’s means in making an attempt to get an announcement deal over the road.

The obstacles embrace his lavish £76k-per-week wage at Saudi employers Al-Ettifaq – as per Capology – on high of the actual fact Dicken states that a variety of 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 time – 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 purchasing listing in Joe Gelhardt.

Why Grey might be good 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 considered one 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 identify within the elite division when he was deemed the following large factor popping out of Leeds United’s esteemed academy, which means the pair collectively at St. Andrew’s may convey a couple of sense of sophistication to proceedings, having tasted such lofty heights beforehand.

Trying on the desk above, Grey may additionally reward 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 diverse taking part in days.

Even when he hasn’t been firing on all cylinders at present employers Al-Ettifaq, a annoyed Grey has not less than been making an attempt to carve out openings, with a wholesome 4 large 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 may not be ending off his strikes, Gelhardt may quickly be the proper companion to Grey based mostly 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 large likelihood.

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.