32-goal striker and other Tottenham talent Chris Davies can sign for Birmingham City

New St Andrew’s boss Chris Davies will open new recruitment avenues to Birmingham City.

The Blues face an enormous rebuilding job this summer after 10 players left the club at the end of last season. Doubts also remain over a number of key players in the first-team squad who may not be willing to drop down to League One.

Davies has been given a mandate to build “a Championship-ready squad for League One” by those who hired him and admitted recruitment was of the utmost importance in his first interview as Blues boss on Monday. He said: “Recruitment is key for every team and we have quite a few positions to fill.

“We have to do it calmly and clearly and bring in the right characters because it’s imperative that those we bring in fit what we’re trying to create here, both on the pitch and in their demeanor off the pitch. There are already some skilled people here working hard on this and that will be a big focus over the next few weeks to get this going.”

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The Blues could have access to Tottenham Hotspur’s youngsters as a result of Davies’ appointment. Premier League clubs like to know that their best young talents will be properly coached and Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou has seen Davies’ work first-hand.

There are more than a dozen Spurs starlets being lined up for potential loan moves in 2024/25. Some, such as Oliver Skipp, will not be interested in a move to League One, but Davies could attract one or two to St Andrew’s.

Dane Scarlett

Scarlett is an exciting 20-year-old striker whose career needs a restart after an unsuccessful spell at Ipswich Town in the Championship last term. He made 12 league appearances, all coming off the bench, before returning to Tottenham midway through the campaign.

Davies managed Scarlett at the end of time and could convince him to drop back down to League One, where he scored four times in 34 appearances for Portsmouth in 2022/23.

Jude Soonsup-Bell

Soonsup-Bell is another Spurs striker who is on loan after a goal-laden campaign with their under-21s. Twelve goals and eight assists in 26 appearances is a tidy return, even in development football.

He played for Chelsea and Spurs at youth level and represented England at under-19 level. A spell in League One is not beyond the 6ft 1in striker.