Chris Davies has sent a strong message to Birmingham City players ahead of transfer action

Chris Davies is planning to offload his Birmingham City players in the first two weeks of pre-season. By the time the Blues finish their training camp in Austria on July 14, Davies will know who’s in and who’s out.

The new Blues boss has only met two of his new recruits in person, Krystian Bielik and Dion Sanderson, and expects the others at the training ground on July 1. All players, except those who have played international matches, are expected to report on the first day.

Davies has done his homework on each of them and plans to give them all a fresh start. He is, however, ready to put his footballing ability and character to the test next month.

“It won’t take me long,” he said. “We have the first week here at the training ground, then we go to Austria for a week. By the end of the trip to Austria I will have a very good understanding of the level of the players I am working with and the training sessions will be designed to see how they are doing and get to know them personally.

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“I’ll have a really good idea when we come back from Austria what we have in the building and that will give me more clarity on what we need to bring in to add to that and make sure we have a really robust squad. “

Davies has admitted he intends to hold talks with the Blues’ international contingent to convince them to endure a season in League One. The club are hoping to keep Bielik on board and talks with Paik Seung-ho and Koji Miyoshi are also ongoing.

Chances of keeping Wales international Jordan James appear slim. Italian side Atalanta are expected to make another bid for James after several bids were rejected in January.

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