Birmingham City remain strong favourites for League One title

A strong showing from Blues.

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00:00Charlie, on to Birmingham City. Now, obviously, we've discussed a few times their heavy investment

00:06and they're clearly building for the future fortunes of the club. I mean, the owners are

00:11fully on board, the fans are really enjoying their time in League One this season that

00:15looks to be obviously short-lived with their ambitions to go up. Just summarise the January

00:21business and where they are standing ahead of the remainder of the season.

00:26Yeah, it wasn't the most busy window for Birmingham in the winter. That's because

00:30they got most of their business done in the summer transfer window, as we know how much

00:35money they spent completely tearing apart the League One transfer records. It was mainly

00:39focused on free additions and those for the summer as well. So Phil Newman, a centre-back

00:44who plays for Hanover in the second tier of German football, he was looked at by a host

00:49of Bundesliga clubs. Quite quick yet tall centre-back. He'll be joining up with Blues

00:54in the summer after signing a pre-contract agreement. Grant Hanley came in from Norwich

00:59City. He was the Canaries captain. He wasn't really getting that much game time in the

01:03championship this season, but he's played so many games in the EFL throughout his career.

01:07He's got Premier League experience as well. He just bolsters a squad depth for Blues

01:11at the back. It's been confirmed Taylor Gardner-Hickman will sign permanently from

01:16Bristol City in the summer. Not happening just yet, but Birmingham World's understanding

01:21is £1.5 million, which I think is a bargain for a player who can play in so many different

01:26positions. And then on deadline day, they signed a South Korean international, a left-back.

01:32He's played seven times in the World Cup qualifiers recently. Should have some decent

01:35experience, a left-back. Obviously, Leigh Buchanan's season-ending injury was a big

01:40blow to Blues, but they've now got the necessary depth in that position.

01:44Yeah, and Blues is running, obviously flying near the top of the table. How important is

01:50it that they just keep plodding on and they could even go near their rivals Wolves'

01:55League One points record?

01:58Yeah, it's a shame that they lost those games earlier in the season against Charlton Shrewsbury

02:01because they could have potentially been unbeaten this year, but that doesn't really matter.

02:06The main goal was getting promoted back to the championship and it looks like they'll

02:09do that in style. They should win the league title and I don't see any way that they don't.

02:1418 matches unbeaten is just simply incredible. Going on to the semi-finals of the Virtue

02:19Trophy, playing Newcastle in the FA Cup is always an exciting prospect. It's just such

02:24a fantastic time at St Andrews and the buzz around the place, sellouts most week, home

02:30and away. Chris Davies, the Birmingham manager, will be delighted with how things are going.