Birmingham get closer to the landing of 8 million pounds sterling star

It was not exactly a well -maintained secret this summer Birmingham City were interested in landing the superstar of Peterborough United, Kwame Poku.

Unfortunately, the pursuit of the blues of the entertaining Ghanaian blues has apparently been cold now, like tastes Russell Martin Rangers Accelerate at the front of the queue for its coveted services instead.

It would have been a blow for the confidence of Chris Davies and Co. when they sail towards the ChampionshipBut that did not prevent them from continuing with other attacking targets, while the ambitious blues seek to get closer to another declaration at the top.

Birmingham closed on the declaration reunion

According to a recent report by the journalist Alan Nixon, The newly promoted outfit seems to get closer and closer to bringing the former star Derarai Gray to their ranks this summer.

Just like their prosecution for Poku, it had been well publicized that the blues wanted to make such an astonishing meeting.

Now it could well become a reality, with both Sunderland and FiorentinaWho had also planned to sign the experienced international Jamaica in an agreement of 8 million pounds sterling, left in Birmingham dust to seal the sublime.

While the Rangers striker had been considered the flavor of the month in the EFL after a sensational season on the books of Posh, the landing of Gray could well be an even more exciting collection than the 23 -year -old.

Why Gray would be a more exciting signature than Poku

If Birmingham is fatal seriously to continue the consecutive promotions, Gray will join the help will undoubtedly achieve such an arduous feat, with the former Blues prodigy which takes place to have a long career at the top after showing goodbye St. Andrew in 2016.

Indeed, Gray is probably better known in English football now to be a regular in the Premier League in the books of Leicester City and Everton, than a unique academic product emerging the blues ranks.

In total, the striker born in Birmingham has raised 200 Premier League appearances For the Foxes and the Toffees, with 19 impressive goals and 14 assists from these competitions, in addition to a surprisingly raised Premier League title when located at King Power Stadium.

Poku may well have a certain level of freshness on its side – since it has just completed a falsification 12 goals and 11 assists For the last campaign of the men of Darren Ferguson-but the table above really speaks of himself when he judges the pedigree of 28 years alone, with a season even to his credit in the Bundesliga during the food for Bayer Leverkusen.

In addition, while Poku was a success in small groups for Posh last season, he never In fact, a goal has made a goal In the championship, despite the tear of the third level, with only two lean contributions of goal next to its name with the difficult level of 20 clashes.

A “electric” The striker of his day – in the words of journalist Scott Saunders – his first major stages in the senior match actually came to the championship with his hometown, notably keeping a memorable hat trip above three of the eight strikes he managed in the division during the implementation of Birmingham Blue.

He will now be up to Gray to back up the years on his planned return, with more appearances in the Premier League which may take place on the line.

While Poku is the speech of the city as a promising, Gray has already been cemented like a talent capable of championship and beyond his wide days of play, with another chapter which will soon be added to its wrapped story when, hope it, with Davies and Co.