Birmingham City fans will love new Tommy Doyle update - Wolves recall situation cleared up | OneFootball

Tommy Doyle is set to last the season with Blues amid contrasting reports surrounding a recall by Wolves

Tommy Doyle is set to spend the remainder of the 2025/26 season on loan with Birmingham City, with a fresh update being provided on the midfielder's immediate future amid contrasting recent reports.

According to Daz Hale of BBC Radio WM, the 24-year-old will not be recalled by his parent club and Blues' local rivals, Wolverhampton Wanderers, with speculation recently growing rife regarding Doyle's future at St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park following the recent appointment of Rob Edwards at Molineux and the looming January transfer window.

Blues are currently 11th in the Championship, having lost their most recent outing 2-1 at the hands of promotion-chasing Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium, with Chris Davies' side just four points outside the play-off places with 31 league games still to play between now and May 2nd.

Wolves' predicament has been laid bare for all to see, though, with the Old Gold and Black currently propping up the Premier League table, as well as being the only side yet to achieve a victory across the opening 10 matches of the top-flight season.

As such, change is likely, and has been predicted ahead of the upcoming window, as Edwards looks to immediately stamp his authority on Wanderers following a controversial return to WV1.

Indeed, it was reported that the Black Country side have reached the maximum number of non-homegrown players permitted within their 25-man Premier League squad.

However, any transitions made to the 42-year-old's squad will not impact Blues or Doyle's season, with the ex-Manchester City man now enjoying a run of successive starts under Davies after initially finding it tough to nail down a place in the lineup.

His current spell in the Second City is Doyle's third loan stint at Championship level, having previously starred for Cardiff City and Sheffield United, which included a promotion-winning term at Bramall Lane three seasons ago.

After being the subject of a £4.3m permanent deal after impressing on loan at Molineux under Gary O'Neil, Doyle's future was plunged into doubt when former Wolves boss, Vitor Pereira, stated that the deep-lying midfielder lacked the physicality required to start for him regularly in the top-flight.

As such, talk of a temporary switch began over the summer, before Football League World exclusively revealed that Birmingham would add Doyle to their ranks as part of another high-profile recruitment drive under Knighthead Capital Management, fending off competition from Premier League newcomers, Sunderland, as well as fellow big spenders, Wrexham.

After a mixed run of appearances in the starting lineup and as a substitute, which included a first assist in royal blue as he teed up Tomoki Iwata for Blues' second of four strikes in a dominant success over Portsmouth at the start of the month, it was claimed by Football Insider on Wednesday that Edwards is a big admirer of the former England youth international, and could look to terminate his loan agreement at the turn of the year.

However, the aforementioned Hale has since provided further clarity and an opposing revelation on the matter, with the BBC reporter stating that no recall clause was inserted in the initial loan agreement, which was confirmed on July 2nd.

Birmingham City support will love fresh Tommy Doyle, Wolves recall update

During a mixed run of form between late August and mid-October, many Bluenoses were urging Davies to offer Doyle more starting opportunities, with his technical ability and composure there for all to see.

With Iwata filling in at right-back for the injured duo of Bright Osayi-Samuel and Ethan Laird, that is exactly what has played out, with the Wolves loanee striking up an impressive partnership with Seung-ho Paik, and always looking to progress the ball forward.

Should his form continue, there is reportedly a £10m option-to-buy in place for Blues at the end of the season, with such an agreement also said to have been key in denying current Championship strugglers and his former side, Sheffield United, the chance of a reunion.