The Birmingham Courier
Transfer targets14 Jan 2036
Birmingham agree $4.9M for Nathan Lowe
The clubs have shaken hands with Burnley; the player has not yet. Personal terms are next, and personal terms are where more deals die than anybody prints.
Market14 Jan 2036
Ethan Laidlaw asks to leave Birmingham
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market14 Jan 2036
Birmingham turn down Bournemouth for Kyliane Lentin
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets14 Jan 2036
Birmingham make their move for Timothy Ouma
$3.0M on the table at Wolverhampton. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market14 Jan 2036
Harold William has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Birmingham they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The dugout14 Jan 2036
Luke Banks 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 targets14 Jan 2036
An offer of $1.3M for Alex Robertson
Birmingham have gone to Manchester City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Transfer targets14 Jan 2036
Lewi Richards turns down Birmingham
The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: Chelsea keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.
Squad14 Jan 2036
Iván Ibarra falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
In brief
- Squad Majid Hosseini wants to go home
- The dugout Ethan Laidlaw gets it from the manager
- Squad A muscle injury sidelines Peter Robinson for 15 days