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FLW's Birmingham fan pundit is a fan of his club going and raiding Huddersfield Town for Cameron Ashia

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Huddersfield Town's rising star, Cameron Ashia, has been the subject of some Championship interest lately, after a breakout season in League One.

The 2005-born wideman has been used in bursts off the bench in the majority of third-tier games under both Lee Grant and Liam Manning this year, and has six goal involvements in just 431 minutes of action.

The Terriers are definitely going to have a struggle to keep Ashia this summer, especially if they don't secure promotion come the end of the season. Even if they do, though, the lure of a side like Birmingham City, who, along with Stoke City and QPR, are credited with interest, may prove to be too much anyway.

That's according to a report from Football FanCast earlier this week, who state that the Championship trio are monitoring his progress throughout the remainder of the campaign, and could be in a position to make a move in the summer while Rangers have also been linked.

From a Birmingham perspective, Chris Davies already has a wealth of exciting, young attacking stars in his ranks, with the likes of August Priske and Brighton loanee Ibrahim Osman adding to that this past January.

Therefore, it could be argued that adding to that with someone who has made just two third-tier starts in his career may be a bit excessive, as Ashia could easily get lost in the shuffle at St Andrew's.

Birmingham City fan pundit backs idea to buy and loan Cameron Ashia this summer

Even FLW's Birmingham fan pundit, Jason Moore, doesn't reckon that Ashia would immediately get into the Blues fold. However, he believes that this shouldn't stop his side from going and getting him, if the money was right.

Top clubs in the Premier League often buy exciting young talents with the initial view of seeing them develop away from the club, and Moore wants Birmingham to adopt that model.

"Even if this lad was fantastic, I just don't see him coming in and playing straight away, but I'm all for us as a club doing what other big clubs do: go to them and take their talent," he said.

"Take it to the tribunal, give them a bit of money, and just do it. All the big clubs do, and when they're good enough, they either play, or they sell them for a fee, or they go out on loan and get a loan fee.

"I'm all for it, and I think we need to become this kind of club. I don't know anything about him, but just go and get him."

Some fans may see this as rather damaging to a young talent's promise and potential, but, ultimately, Birmingham has sky-high ambitions to be on the level of your Chelsea's and Manchester City's and other clubs who have exhibited this model in the past.

"I think it's the correct model," the fan pundit continued. "Whether you like it or not is a different thing, but the big boys do it, and it's the correct way to do things.

"Get some talent in, send them on loan and, hopefully, they come good enough to play for your club.

"So, I'm all for it, go and get him, unless the prices are stupid, as we need to get to the Premier League first."

Cameron Ashia move could set an example of Birmingham City's future transfer strategy

While no one can argue with the quality that Ashia has as an impact substitution for one of the bigger clubs in League One, he hasn't even emerged as a third-tier starter yet.

So a jump up to the Championship now may be one step too far, and especially to a club like Birmingham, who, if not already in the Premier League by the summer, will be once again adding quality to their ranks to get up at the second time of asking.

Ashia is one for the future, and in a few years, perhaps he could be at the level needed to be playing in the Premier League, but that's yet to be seen.

The Blues want to become top-flight regulars, so to immediately take a chance on the 20-year-old and throw him into the deep end of a Championship promotion fight or a battle to establish themselves in the Premier League this summer wouldn't help with that just yet.

So, buying him, then loaning him out and seeing his progress continue, knowing that he's under contract at St Andrew's, may be the way to go, if a move materialises.

And that could be the first example of many budding young stars being poached by Birmingham in an attempt to see them either become stars there in five years, or to make a profit once they've developed further.