Birmingham City will look to instantly bounce back from their shock relegation to League One next season, as Chris Davies’ Blues embark on what they hope will be a successful campaign.
It does look like there’ll be a number of new additions to the camp, in an attempt to breathe life into a previously downtrodden group, with Ryan Allsop already entering the building, as Davies begins to assemble a promotion-worthy squad.
The former Tottenham Hotspur assistant manager turned main man in the West Midlands won’t stop there with new recruits, you imagine, as a versatile midfielder has now been added to his ever-growing shopping list.
Birmingham eyeing up League One title winner
According to The Sun’s Phil Cadden last week, despite just lifting the League One title aloft with current employers Portsmouth, Joe Morrell will be allowed to leave on a free transfer this summer, with Birmingham now interested in snapping him up.
The flexible midfielder, who can play in a central spot as well as a left midfield spot if needed, is also of interest to fellow League One outfit Wrexham, however, according to Cadden, alongside Queens Park Rangers being admirers from the league above.
The Wales international will have a decision to make, therefore, about where he next plies his trade ahead of the forthcoming 2024/25 campaign, with Birmingham perhaps looking at Morrell keenly as an alternative to Marc Leonard.
Transfer talk surrounding the newly relegated side signing the Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder has gone quiet, as the Blues now eye up another experienced midfielder who has excelled in the third tier, to put themselves in good stead for a promotion push.
What Morrell can offer Birmingham
Formerly on the books at Lincoln City at League One level, alongside his ongoing three-season stint on the South Coast, Morrell has amassed 121 appearances in the division Birmingham will be desperate to get out of.
This signing, especially on a free transfer deal, could prove to be a masterstroke when you consider he’s just fresh off winning promotion with Pompey, accumulating 27 appearances as an important background figure under John Mousinho.
