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FLW looks at the Blues players who are currently out of contract

Birmingham City's squad has endured a major overhaul in the two years since Knighthead Capital Management's takeover of the club, and that is showing no sign of stopping anytime soon.

Chris Davies and owner, Tom Wagner, are on a mission to bring Premier League football back to St Andrew's @ Knighthead Park for the first time since 2011, and as a result, have been extremely ambitious and somewhat ruthless when it comes to incomings and outgoings in the transfer window.

Despite only just being promoted from League One with a record points total, many outsiders and Bluenoses are tipping Davies' outfit for an immediate automatic promotion challenge in the Championship. Due to the vast changes in depth and quality within the ranks, some players could look for a move to aid their own personal careers in the near future.

Even though the season has just begun, contract situations will no doubt be on the minds of some as the campaign progresses, and Football League World has looked at those who are out-of-contract in B9 next June.

Keshi Anderson

Keshi Anderson has become a fan favourite in this part of the Second City in the past year or so, largely down to his tireless performances and goal involvements from the left flank, which were a driving force behind the side's record-breaking season last term.

Despite the fact there has been a revamp of Blues' attack since promotion, Anderson has continued to be a prominent feature in the starting lineup, and he will hope to earn himself a new contract regardless of the rapid speed in which the club is growing at.

His most recent contract extension, which runs until the end of the season, was signed in November of last year after an initial club extension was taken up following relegation to League One.

George Hall

It wasn't many moons ago that clubs such as Liverpool and Everton were circling around George Hall's services, but now his career at his boyhood club remains up in the air due to a combination of factors.

After being named Blues' Young Player of the Year for 2022/23, the creative midfielder missed the majority of the club's relegation season through injury despite signing a contract extension until 2026, and after returning to fitness, spent the second half of last term on loan with Walsall.

Hall registered three goals and one assist in 22 appearances for the Saddlers, and it seemed like he would return to the Pallet-Track Bescot Stadium permanently earlier in the summer. However, it remains to be seen where his immediate and long-term future lies, although it certainly feels like it won't be in B9.

Alfie Chang

In a similar boat to Hall is Alfie Chang, who broke into Blues' first team under John Eustace in 2022/23, but suffered rotten luck the following summer, with a knee injury seeing him not feature competitively between August 2023 and January 2025, before featuring in the final weeks of the season for Walsall after suffering further fitness issues.

The 22-year-old was involved in pre-season under Davies, but like Hall, with less than a year to run on his contract and the vast amount of strength in-depth ahead of him in Blues' midfield, it would likely take an extraordinary set of circumstances to unfold for Chang to become a regular at St Andrew's.

Brad Mayo

Rounding off the quartet is Brad Mayo, whose current contract was signed last summer, just a year after turning professional after coming through Blues' academy setup.

Last season, the 20-year-old failed to register a senior appearance after being used as understudy to both Bailey Peacock-Farrell and Ryan Allsop, and that theme has continued this season as Peacock-Farrell was loaned out to Blackpool and replaced by James Beadle, who joined Birmingham on a temporary basis from Brighton and Hove Albion.

Mayo is clearly highly-rated amongst the inner-workings of the club, but for his own development, a first loan move to League One or League Two or a permanent departure could be the best course of action that can be taken in the latter stages of the current transfer window or in the not-too-distant future.