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FLW's Birmingham City fan pundit has given his verdict on Lyndon Dykes' future at the club.

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Lyndon Dykes’ future at Birmingham City is unclear this summer as the club prepares for life back in the Championship.

The Blues have been quite active in the transfer market, as Chris Davies looks to build a team that can immediately compete at the top end of the second tier next season.

Dykes joined the Midlands outfit last year from QPR, and featured 25 times in the league helping the club romp to the League One title with 111 points.

But the arrival of Kyogo Furuhashi could only push him further down the pecking order at Birmingham, leading to uncertainty over his remaining time at St. Andrew’s.

Birmingham City urged to cash in on Dykes

When asked about Dykes’ future, FLW’s Birmingham fan pundit, Jason Moore, claimed that the club should just cash in on the player instead of keeping him as a fourth-choice option.

He is willing to trust the Blues’ judgement if they decide to keep the Scot, but his preference remains for them to sell Dykes.

“Lyndon is seemingly a good character for the squad, and he always put a good effort in last season, but let’s be real [about] the aspirations of the club,” Moore told Football League World.

“Yes, he offers something different but, for me, if you can sell it to someone to come in and be that fourth striker, or just go and get a different man and make Alfie May your fourth striker.

“I personally think we’re going to cash in on Lyndon Dykes. I can’t see us wanting to keep him. If it’s me, I’d be letting him go straight away.

“Whether Chris Davies wants to do that, and if Lyndon’s happy being the fourth striker knowing he’s not really going to play, and he’s going to play bit parts maybe and come on and see out a game, then so be it, I’ll trust what the club wants to do.

“But if that was me, and he’s got a suitor, money’s not a problem, I’d be moving him on and cashing in on him because he’s not good enough at all.”

Birmingham will begin their new season at home against Ipswich Town on 8 August.

Dykes didn’t play a massive role for Birmingham last season, scoring just one goal on the way to their League One title triumph.

The forward also only started nine of his 25 appearances in the league, and was generally out of favour in Davies' squad.

With the club now in the Championship, and bringing in fresh faces like Furuhashi, this summer would be seem to be a good time to offload him despite having only spent one campaign at St Andrew's.

Otherwise, he will just be taking up a place in the squad that Blues could better use on a more impactful player, while still being very unlikely to feature much in Davies’ plans.