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Football League World's Birmingham City fan pundit has discussed whether Chris Davies' side should rekindle an interest in Josh Windass of Wrexham

Birmingham City may choose to flex their financial muscles in the January transfer window if promotion is in sight, although they have been urged to avoid rekindling any interest in luring Josh Windass away from Championship rivals Wrexham.

Chris Davies' side have enjoyed a respectable start to the 2026/27 Championship campaign with just one defeat from their opening eight games to climb up to 10th position heading into the international break, but five draws already would suggest that additional firepower could just be required at Birmingham in order to bridge the gap between themselves and the promotion pack.

Blues, of course, wound up the previous season with a disappointing mid-table finish and will have their sights set higher this time around as Knighthead bid to see their significant investment begin to be vindicated at second-tier level.

The summer transfer window at St Andrew's @ Knighthead Park ultimately proved a more low-key one than what came before it, and while the likes of Liam Millar and Jhon Solis have added some star quality to Davies' side, it may just be supplemented with a real push when January rolls around.

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Football League World asked our resident Bluenose fan pundit, Jason Moore, whether he believes Birmingham should reignite their interest in Josh Windass after being linked with the versatile Wrexham forward in the dying embers of the previous window.

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The 32-year-old has endured an injury-disrupted introduction to the new campaign, of which he is yet to get going, although 17 goals and six assists were registered across all competitions last season in what marked a standout debut term in North Wales following his switch from Sheffield Wednesday.

However, Jason believes that Windass' age, limited resale value and likely inability to make any profound impact if Birmingham were to achieve their ambitions of promotion this season would render the attacking midfielder as a "pointless buy" - though he did cite his tried-and-tested expertise at this level and maintains that he would not be "overly against" a potential re-emergence of interest upon the turn of the year.

"I think Windass is a tricky one," Jason told FLW.

"If it's me, I'd rather pursue a younger target. I think most people naturally would.

"I think if the club really wanted to pursue it, I wouldn't be overly against it. It all comes down to price and what you'd want to pay for his wages, I wouldn't be overly against it because he's a proven Championship player.

"But do you pay that money? Hypothetically if we were to go up this season through the play-offs, it would be a bit of a pointless buy."

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Instead of Windass, Jason has urged Birmingham to eye a younger profile of player who could have a more meaningful long-term influence on proceedings in this corner of the Second City.

During the summer, Blues were reportedly interested in deals for both Adrian Segecic and Anis Mehmeti, with the former having flourished in his opening campaign at Portsmouth with 11 league strikes and the latter establishing himself as one of the Championship's finest attackers for Bristol City before joining Ipswich Town in January to help the Tractor Boys gain automatic promotion behind Coventry City.

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Aged 22 and 25 respectively, the pair both represent more sustainable and strategic potential purchases and would offer increased technical and creative impetus as opposed to Windass, too - even if the Wrexham attacker does have the advantage by way of experience and decisive end-product in the danger zone.

"I'd probably lean towards not pursuing him, to be honest, I'd rather go for Segecic or see if Mehmeti wants to leave Ipswich again," Jason continued.

"That's where I think I'd be exploring a deal, not Windass.

"Let's go and get a younger target."

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Signing Windass would still have its merits, and Mehmeti has far more to offer than his struggle for minutes at Ipswich would suggest after recording eight goals and six assists from just 28 appearances prior to leaving Ashton Gate at the start of the year, yet it's Segecic who may just be the pick of the bunch.

There was strong talk pertaining to Birmingham's interest in the Australian-born Croatian U21 international's services at the back-end of the summer window, and though he would ultimately remain with John Mousinho's side off the back of an impressive opening campaign, his body of work on the south coast coupled with a high-potential age and player profile means that the vultures won't stay away for long.

Blues, after all, saw exactly what Segecic was all about when he took his tally up to 11 for the season with an eye-catching finish in their final-day draw at Fratton Park, and the pocket rocket's creative forward passing, low centre of gravity and high-volume shooting - especially from range - would give a new dimension to Davies' attack.

Still aged just 22, he's Mehmeti's junior by a few years and is much younger than the evergreen Windass, with Segecic's wealth of natural ability holding the potential to see him transform into a top-level operator in the years to come.