Birmingham City player makes honest admission after transfer failure | OneFootball

Birmingham City's Lyndon Dykes has opened up on his failed transfer to Hibernian on deadline day.

Birmingham City’s Lyndon Dykes revealed he was in talks to join Hibernian, but he vowed to ‘fight’ for his place at St. Andrew’s after the move fell through.

The target man joined Blues from QPR last year, featuring in 25 games as they won the League One title in style, even if he wasn’t always in Chris Davies’ first XI.

With Kyogo Furuhashi and Marvin Ducksch among the summer signings, game time remains hard to come by for Dykes, although he has made a big contribution already, scoring a stoppage time winner at Blackburn a few weeks ago.

Lyndon Dykes’ loan move to Hibs from Birmingham City fell through

Despite that, Davies was ready to sanction a late switch for Dykes, as Hibs looked to bring the Scotland international back north of the border for the remainder of the campaign.

It was thought a move was close for Dykes, but ultimately it didn’t happen, with the player now set to stay at Blues until January at the earliest.

And, after playing for his country in their 0-0 draw at Denmark on Friday night, Dykes told Sky Sports that a move was a possibility, but he made it clear he is focused on helping Blues moving forward.

"Obviously, I’m a Birmingham player. There was talk about going on a loan and Hibs tried to do their best but it didn’t end up happening - and that’s just the way it happens.

"I always, wherever I’ve been, give it 100%. I train to my best every day, and everyone knows what I bring, so I’m a Birmingham player, so I’ll fight and hopefully have a good season.”

Lyndon Dykes can still have a role to play for Birmingham City

With Furuhashi and Ducksch joining Jay Stansfield as the forward options, the reality is that Dykes will be restricted to minutes from the bench moving forward.

Nevertheless, he can still play a big role for Davies, as the other players, particularly Furuhashi and Stansfield, can’t do what Dykes does in terms of how he plays with his back to goal.

The 29-year-old may not be prolific, but, as he showed for Scotland in Copenhagen, he can be a very useful team player. He will run the channels, challenge defenders and his physicality means the team can play in a direct way.

So, there will be times when Blues need that profile of player, and, as outlined above, Dykes has already shown how good he can be after coming on to inspire the late win at Ewood Park.

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