League One side Birmingham make £10m bid for Premier League striker that will shatter division’s transfer record
BIRMINGHAM CITY have launched an ambitious £10million deadline day bid to sign Fulham striker Jay Stansfield.
The 21-year-old was a huge hit with Blues fans when he scored 13 goals while on loan last season.
Stansfield added another goal at St Andrews when he scored AGAINST Birmingham for Fulham in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday.
Blues boss Chris Davies is now hoping to smash the League One transfer record by paying more than double the £3.48m he paid for Christophe Klarer earlier in the window.
But according to the Telegraph reporter John Percy, the Cottagers have rejected the £10m bid from Birmingham for the striker.
The striker memorably scored a 95th-minute winner against Plymouth Argyle on his Championship debut for the club.
He then went on to make 47 appearances for Birmingham becoming a popular figure amongst the St Andrews faithful.
If Fulham decide to deal it would take Birmingham’s spending to an eye-watering £24million in this window alone.
The Blues were relegated from the Championship last season after going through five managers including Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney.
And the club’s new American ownership has done some big spending on the players and staff which made dropping into the third tier more heartbreaking.
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Top 10 League One transfers
- Christoph Klarer to Birmingham – £3.48m (2024/25)
- Willum Thor Willumsson to Birmingham – £3.36m (2024/25)
- Will Grigg to Sunderland – £2.85m (2018/19)
- John Brayford to Sheffield United – £1.93m (2014/15)
- Britt Assombalonga to Peterborough – £1.59m (2013/14)
- Emil Hansson to Birmingham – £1.47m (2024/25)
- John Marquis to Portsmouth – £1.42m (2019/20)
- Mo Eisa to MK Dons – £1.26m (2021/22)
- Will Grigg to Wigan – £1.19m (2015/16)
- Jonson Clarke-Harris to Peterborough – £1.17m (2020/21)
With Stansfield’s arrival, it seems the spending has not stopped with Birmingham desperate to make it back to the Championship for the first time of asking.
This summer they signed prolific striker Alfie May from Charlton, with the Blues paying £768,000 as an initial fee and a reported £16,000 salary to the player.
Centre-back Klarer arrived from German side Darmstadt, while Lyndon Dykes left Championship side QPR to move to St Andrews for £1 million.
Scott Wright has arrived from Rangers on deadline day, while a series of loan deals have been brokered.
Davies’ side have won two and drawn one of their opening League One games this season.
Birmingham's signings this summer
- Christoph Klarer – £3.48m
- Willum Thor Willumsson – £3.36m
- Emil Hansson – £1.47m
- Lyndon Dykes – £1m
- Alex Cochrane – £1m
- Ayumu Yokoyama – £840k
- Ryan Allsop – £823k
- Alfie May – £768k
- Marc Leonard – £495k
- Bailey Peacock-Farrell – £445k
- Scott Wright – £302k
- Ben Davies (loan)
- Taylor Gardner-Hickman (loan)
- Alfons Sampsted (loan)
- Luke Harris (loan)
- Bradley Mayo – Undisclosed fee
- Emmanuel Longelo – (loan)
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