{"id":1097810,"date":"2026-07-19T00:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T00:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1097810\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T00:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T00:42:18","slug":"birmingham-city-star-keen-on-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1097810\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Star Keen On Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Kate McShane\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-quote\" style=\"display: block; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin: 30px 0px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/birmingham-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham City<\/a> right-back Bright Osayi-Samuel wants to return to Fenerbahce, where he spent four seasons before signing for Blues, it has been claimed in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full-back began his senior career at Blackpool, making 79 appearances for the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Osayi-Samuel spent four years with QPR before leaving the <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/championship\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Championship<\/a> side to join Turkish giants Fenerbahce in the summer of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo-if-man.png\" alt=\"Inside Futbol\" class=\"if-preferred-source__logo\"\/><br \/>\n        Enjoying this story?<\/p>\n<p class=\"if-preferred-source__copy\">&#13;<br \/>\n        Add Inside Futbol as a preferred source on Google.&#13;\n      <\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"preferred-source-button\" class=\"if-preferred-source__button\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=insidefutbol.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-label=\"Add Inside Futbol as a preferred source on Google\">&#13;<br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/google_ps_badge_dark_en@2x.png\" alt=\"Add Inside Futbol as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"if-preferred-source__badge\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fenerbahce landed Osayi-Samuel on a free transfer and stayed in Turkey until last summer, enjoying a successful spell and featuring on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian defender arrived at <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/06\/30\/birmingham-city-rapidly-closing-in-on-free-agent-capture\/687044\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham City in the summer of 2025 on a free transfer from Fenerbahce<\/a>, signing a three-year contract with Blues as the club bolstered the squad following winning <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/league-one\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">League One<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Birmingham_Jhon_Solis_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Osayi-Samuel initially established himself as a regular under Chris Davies, but later slipped down the pecking order and made 19 Championship starts last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now the full-back is thinking about his future and it has been suggested he has come to a decision about what he wants to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr> Team Year Points <\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Reading (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2005\u201306<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">106<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Sunderland (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">1998-99<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Newcastle United (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2009\u201310<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Leicester City (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2013\u201314<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Fulham (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2000\u201301<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Burnley (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2022\u201323<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>   Top six most points total in Championship (from 1992-93);<br \/>(C) Champions <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Turkish outlet <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fotomac\/status\/2077635550203224538?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fotomac<\/a>, Osayi-Samuel wants to leave Birmingham to return to Fenerbahce this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old played close to 200 games for the Yellow Canaries, where he regularly featured in European competition.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Birmingham_City_Fans_620_ofg.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2026\/03\/31\/club-note-birmingham-city-stars-cost-performance-ratio-eye-him-for-summer\/709419\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The full-back also emerged as a target for Fenerbahce\u2019s rivals Galatasaray back in March<\/a>, but a move to Gala would undoubtedly be controversial due to his Yellow Canaries\u2019 connection.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Osayi-Samuel still has two years left on his contract and it remains unclear what level of fee Blues would be looking for.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2026\/07\/15\/in-the-works-birmingham-city-set-for-shock-departure\/720061\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham are set to lose Kai Wagner this summer<\/a>, with the defender poised to return to the MLS, with personal reasons driving a return to Philadelphia Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if Osayi-Samuel will also end up back at his former club by the end of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kate McShane\/Getty Images \u00a0 Birmingham City right-back Bright Osayi-Samuel wants to return to Fenerbahce, where he spent four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1097811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,6452,748,393,31419,4884,16,15],"class_list":["post-1097810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-bright-osayi-samuel","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-fenerbahce","tag-great-britain","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116943871448729882","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1097810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1097811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1097810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1097810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1097810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}