Jack Fletcher

Defensive Midfielder - Birmingham
27 Jul 2028
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Marked for Jack Fletcher

103 Edition

The Birmingham Courier

17 Jul 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market17 Jul 2028

Christoph Klarer says no to Fleetwood Town

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Christoph Klarer had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Squad17 Jul 2028

James Balagizi breaks a bone — 137 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 137 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Market17 Jul 2028

Sulaiman Oyewale hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Birmingham can pretend not to have heard.

The dugout17 Jul 2028

Jack Fletcher keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Birmingham may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Birmingham bid $6.2M for Matthew Craig

The offer went to Accrington Stanley this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Squad17 Jul 2028

Lautaro Lobo arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Lautaro Lobo has, at Birmingham, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Transfer targets17 Jul 2028

Jofre Torrents will not be coming to Birmingham

Terms were offered and declined. Whether it was the wages, the role or the town, nobody at AZ is saying, and nobody at Birmingham is enjoying the guessing.

Squad17 Jul 2028

A falling-out at Birmingham

Max Bird and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad17 Jul 2028

A late step up for Datro Fofana

At 25 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

In brief

Back issues
98 Edition

The Birmingham Courier

12 Jun 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad12 Jun 2028

A one-man rearguard from Ryan Allsop

There were 12 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Squad12 Jun 2028

Briar Bateman damages knee ligaments — 39 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 39 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.

Transfer targets12 Jun 2028

$9.1M settles it between the clubs for Solly March

Arsenal have accepted the money. What Birmingham do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Market12 Jun 2028

Christoph Klarer hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Birmingham can pretend not to have heard.

Market12 Jun 2028

Terms done: Bright Osayi-Samuel is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Accrington Stanley waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Birmingham is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

Transfer targets12 Jun 2028

Birmingham bid $3.8M for Estêvão

The offer went to Chelsea this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets12 Jun 2028

Burnley tell Birmingham: Grégoire Coudert is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Market12 Jun 2028

Louis Page moves on

Wolverhampton pay $5.4M, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad12 Jun 2028

A move Jack Fletcher would have made for nothing

There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Jack Fletcher is living that version at Birmingham, and it tends to show in the first month.

In brief