Birmingham City have undertaken an extremely impressive transfer window under the management of John Eustace this summer, with things finally looking on the up once again both on and off the pitch.
They have also signed Krystian Bielik,Tyler Roberts, KeThe club’s fresh takeover has planted optimism and excitement that has only been further fuelled by the arrivals of the likes of Siriki Dembele, Ethan Laird and Koji Miyoshi.shi Anderson and Lee Buchanan, all the while making defender Dion Sanderson’s St Andrews’ stay a permanent one.
Now, they appear to have made welcomed yet another fresh face to the second city in the form of FC Midtjylland’s Sory Kaba, who has transpired as a transfer target for a whole host of Birmingham’s Championship rivals across the summer.
Sory Kaba transfer interest
The Guinean forward was a totally unknown quantity when he moved to British shores to join Cardiff City on loan at the end of January- though that was not to be the case for too long.
Kaba caught the eye in the Welsh capital and his eight goal outlay from 17 matches- 12 of which were starts- eventually proved instrumental in the Bluebirds’ survival under Sabri Lamouchi.
Rather unsurprisingly then, despite now being under new management, Cardiff had pursued an interest in bringing Kaba back to Wales.
And here at Football League World, we exclusively revealed back in June that Leeds United also showed an interest in Kaba.
More recently, however, both West Bromwich Albion and Watford have been keen, with The Telegraph’s Mike McGrath disclosing last week that the Hornets were leading the race for the £2m-rated forward.
But now, McGrath has updated that Birmingham have since won the race amid interest from “several Championship clubs”.
Very much an archetypal target man, Kaba represents an imposing physical threat that can often bully opposition defenders either on the ground or aerially, giving his side an extra option from set plays.
Given this is how Blues scored 14 of their league goals last term, he evidently fits the bill.
He also possesses an instinctive goalscoring nature that means he constantly arrives in the right places at the right time, and while there will be some games that he does not perform well in, he seems to always score despite that.
And granted, he does have his shortcomings in possession; Kaba will seldom drop deep to get on the ball and link up with or play off others, making him a clear penalty box striker.
So, his game may not be multi-faceted but he most certainly knows where the back of the net is, and off the back of his Bluebirds spell, you really would fancy him to score the goals to continue and propel Blues’ upwards trajectory.
The Blues have not finished in the top half of the Championship table for seven years, but after an opening day of the season draw against Swansea City and a last-gasp win over Leeds this past weekend, there are reasons to be cheerful among the fanbase.
Tom Wagner’s 45 per cent purchase of the club and full acquisition of St Andrew’s Stadium, as well as NFL legend Tom Brady coming on board in the last couple of weeks, has brought on a revived confidence for the season ahead, and that has come with new signings as well.
Tyler Roberts, Siriki Dembele, Ethan Laird and Lee Buchanan’s arrivals, as well as Krystian Bielik and Dion Sanderson making their loan moves permanent, have added a fresh impetus to John Eustace’s squad, and he could be about to further add to it.
As well as agreeing a fee for Guinean international striker Sory Kaba, City seemingly want to add a left-sided defender to their ranks after Auston Trusty went back to Arsenal to then move on to Sheffield United, and one player who appears to be on the list is Jonathan Panzo.
According to BirminghamLive, the 22-year-old Nottingham Forest man is on a long list of targets and in recent weeks has been linked with West Brom, Cardiff City and Coventry as well.
