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FLW outlines an ideal end to the transfer window for Birmingham City

Birmingham City's summer transfer activity has once again been well-documented as the club aim for back-to-back promotions from League One to the Premier League.

After achieving the EFL's all-time record points haul of 111 last term, Chris Davies has continued to be provided with the requisite backing from Knighthead Capital Management to achieve such aims, with the likes of Kyogo Furuhashi, Tommy Doyle, Demarai Gray, Marvin Ducksch, Bright Osayi-Samuel and Phil Neumann all moving to St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park in recent weeks and months.

Blues have made a positive start to life back in the Championship, but in a bid to sustain their early-season form across the 46-game campaign, Davies is still on the lookout for further reinforcements, whilst also not ruling out that players currently among the squad could depart before the 7PM deadline on September 1st.

With that being said, Football League World has looked at what qualifies as a successful end to the transfer window for the West Midlands outfit.

In: Yang Hyun-Jun

It has been debated that Birmingham are in need of further depth and quality in forward areas before Monday's cut-off time for business, and they could add that and more 'Far East' flair with the signing of Celtic winger, Yang Hyun-jun.

Football League World exclusively revealed that the 23-year-old, who moved to the SPFL giants for £2m back in 2023, has emerged as a late transfer target for the Second City side.

Hyun-jun has the ability to feature on both wings, whilst predominantly a right-sided player, which perhaps showcases why he is on Davies' radar, with the likes of Lewis Koumas and the aforementioned Gray more natural off the left.

The South Korean has scored seven times and posted nine assists in 70 appearances for the Hoops, failing to assert himself as a first-team regular, which is more likely to be the case in B9 due to a lack of natural wide players on said flank as Scott Wright works his way back to fitness.

Hyun-jun also has the added factor of knowing a handful of the current Blues squad who are seen as pivotal creative and attacking figures in the form of fellow international, Seung-Ho Paik, and his former Celtic teammates, Kyogo and Tomoki Iwata, which could ease a gelling process as he looks to reignite his individual career.

In: Leo Hjelde

It has been reported that Davies is looking to add further defensive cover due to a lack of depth at centre-back and left-back, caused predominantly by the sale of Krystian Bielik to West Bromwich Albion and injury issues in the full-back department.

Leo Hjelde is someone capable of filling both gaps as a squad player, with Sunderland boss, Regis Le Bris, not ruling out a temporary departure for the 22-year-old, who is recovering from achilles surgery following the Black Cats' promotion to the Premier League.

Whoever comes in to provide defensive cover at St. Andrew's isn't expected to start imminently, which is a role Hjelde may be willing to accept as he gives adequate competition to Alex Cochrane and the main trio of Blues' centre-backs - Neumann, Christoph Klarer and Eiran Cashin.

Hjelde only made 15 appearances during his side's promotion last term, but has been given a glowing character reference by Le Bris for his desire to help the team push towards their aims, which could easily attract Davies' attention, with the Blues boss always keen to add the 'right characters' to his squad.

Out: Tyler Roberts

Tyler Roberts' time in B9 has proven nothing short of a disaster, with the former Leeds United man's career extremely stagnant at this moment in time.

The 26-year-old hasn't pulled on a Blues shirt since April 2024 and has registered just a solitary assist, and he failed to rekindle his goalscoring and creative touch on loan at League One side, Northampton Town last term, scoring just once in 29 appearances for the Cobblers amid further fitness issues.

Roberts also isn't named as a member of Birmingham's 'First Team' squad on the club website after he was omitted from Davies' pre-season squad in Portugal, which only further hints towards his departure.

Out: Alfons Sampsted

Alfons Sampsted initially joined Blues on loan from FC Twente in August 2024, but has also found it extremely hard to source regular gametime, which led to questions over whether his long-term future lay in B9.

The 23-time Icelandic international only made 23 appearances across all competitions last season amid a short-term ankle issue, before his stay with the club was extended in bizarre fashion, as he became a permanent member of the squad once the League One title winners couldn't be mathematically relegated.

However, Sampsted would still only gain regular minutes across two spells last season, and has fallen further down the pecking order at right-back behind Ethan Laird and the aforementioned Osayi-Samuel, as he was also omitted from the pre-season training camp.

His first appearance of the current campaign came in the recent EFL Cup defeat to Port Vale, before being substituted at half-time after a below-par display, which has led to question marks over his minutes for the coming weeks as Blues fight on a solitary front between now and January.