The Blues were backed to have a busy January, but with the club’s decline to near the bottom end of the table and Wayne Rooney just being sacked, the club decided to go for a more sensible approach.
Birmingham’s main focus now is retaining their Championship status and once that is done their focus will sure turn to what they plan to do in the summer with incomings and outgoings.
It seems signing a new goalkeeper is a priority for the club, as both John Ruddy and Neil Etheridge are out of contract in the summer and will leave if a new deal isn’t agreed.
In fact, journalist Alan Nixon has reported that the Blues are looking to sign a new goalkeeper with Blackburn Rovers’ Aynsley Pears a potential target.
Birmingham City interested in Aynsley Pears
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Aynsley Pears has been at Ewood Park since 2020, when he joined the club from Middlesbrough, with now Birmingham manager Tony Mowbray in charge at Blackburn at the time.
It now seems as though Mowbray could be interested in linking up with the goalkeeper once again, with Alan Nixon reporting that Birmingham are looking to sign a new goalkeeper and Pears is an option.
The report goes on to add that the Lancashire side would be willing to sell the goalkeeper if a suitable offer arrived, despite the 25-year-old being the club’s current number-one choice in goal.
