Birmingham City send recruitment message after ‘huge appointment’

Birmingham City have appointed Spurs manager Chris Davies as their new manager – and the reaction has been almost universally positive.

The 39-year-old has penned a four-year deal and joins with immediate effect, replacing the ill Tony Mowbray, who quit on 21 May.

And Blues supporters were quick to judge the decision to pick the former Celtic, Liverpool and Leicester City manager after passing on more established candidates such as Alex Neil, Liam Rosenior and Frank Lampard.

Davies, the third permanent Blues boss of the Knighthead era after Wayne Rooney and Mowbray, was tasked with guiding the Blues back to the Championship and doing so in a style in line with the oft-stated desire of the owners.

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And fans are confident the Watford-born Welshman can do the job asked of him. They passed judgment on the appointment on social media…

Chris O’Brien: Amazing meeting! Bold, ambitious, exciting and refreshing from the usual suspects. Subscriptions, new players and off we go! KRO

Adam: Huge appointment. We believe, gaffer.

Gary Morgan: Great meeting. High ceiling not only to return, but to return better.

Brandon: This will either do extremely well and be massively successful, or it will explode and go down in flames. I hope it will be the first.

Dean William Smith: A great and very interesting meeting. Giving someone different a chance and not going back to one of the same old names. Let’s get behind him now.

Robbie Michaels: OMG – really excited about this. Let’s support him a million percent. He is the right man for us.

Mark Jackson: Brilliant news, exactly the type of progressive coach we need. Well done Blues.

Mark Ivory: Welcome Chris! I don’t know enough about him but he has my full support and I hope he is supported in the transfer market so we have a great season. Mentally we need to change around the club to a #KRO winning team

Tony Edmonds: Great meeting. Left field, but I really think this will work. Recruiting the right players and removing any players who aren’t ready to fight for the badge.

Andy Ballard: Really excited about that because we have to put together almost a whole new team, then he’ll have a blank canvas to paint his ideas on. I’m sure he’ll have Ange Postecoglou to bounce ideas off of. If he brings the kind of football he coached at Celtic and Spurs then he is brilliant .

Dan Smith: Banger of a date! Welcome Gaffa!

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