{"id":117987,"date":"2025-05-20T20:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117987\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T20:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:42:14","slug":"tom-bradys-birmingham-release-15-players-following-promotion-including-ex-premier-league-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/117987\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady&#8217;s Birmingham release 15 players following promotion including ex-Premier League player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Birmingham City have announced their retained and released list as they work towards their return to the Championship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113013\/birmingham-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Blues<\/a> stormed their way to the League One title by finishing with an EFL record of 111 points and winning 34 of their 46 fixtures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Birmingham have revealed which players are leaving the club\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/general-view-st-andrew-s-996660819.jpg\" data-caption=\"Birmingham have revealed which players are leaving the club\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/general-view-st-andrew-s-996660819.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham have revealed which players are leaving the clubCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grant Hanley will depart after his short-term deal\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/grant-hanley-31-birmingham-city-996660859.jpg\" data-caption=\"Grant Hanley will depart after his short-term deal\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/grant-hanley-31-birmingham-city-996660859.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Grant Hanley will depart after his short-term dealCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham, who are co-owned by NFL legend <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/tom-brady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Brady<\/a>, will return to the second tier of English football after just one season away.<\/p>\n<p>Having spent around \u00a330million on signings last time round, they are set to invest even further this summer for the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>But as per their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcfc.com\/pages\/en\/media-article\/birmingham-city-confirm-retained-list\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"retained and released list (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retained and released list<\/a>, 15 players won&#8217;t be at the club for the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Defender Grant Hanley will be leaving Birmingham upon the expiration of his contract having signed from Norwich City in January.<\/p>\n<p>The former Premier League centre-back with Blackburn Rovers and Norwich made 17 appearances for the Blues during his short spell.<\/p>\n<p>Also departing is South Korean full-back Lee Myung-Jae, who also signed in January but featured only three times following his move from Ulsan HD in his homeland.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Harris, Kieran Dowell and Ben Davies are heading back to their parent clubs after loan spells at St. Andrew&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>As well as this, ten Birmingham youngsters will leave this summer.<\/p>\n<p>They are Ben Beresford, Junior Dixon, Taylor Dodd, Laiith Fairnie, Harley Hamilton, Josh Home, Femi Olofinjana, Sahid Kamara, Stoyan Pergelov and Oliver Sayer.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham have also confirmed that Lukas Jutkiewicz, who made 358 appearances for the club, has retired.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Club legend Jutkiewicz is also leaving\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lukas-jutkiewicz-birmingham-city-walks-996660901.jpg\" data-caption=\"Club legend Jutkiewicz is also leaving\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/lukas-jutkiewicz-birmingham-city-walks-996660901.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Club legend Jutkiewicz is also leavingCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Brady is likely to bring further investment for Birmingham\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tom-brady-minority-owner-birmingham-985921866.jpg\" data-caption=\"Brady is likely to bring further investment for Birmingham\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tom-brady-minority-owner-birmingham-985921866.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Brady is likely to bring further investment for BirminghamCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Whilst there are numerous outgoings, the Blues will soon welcome Phil Neumann and Alfons Sampsted\u00a0as new signings.<\/p>\n<p>talkSPORT also reported earlier in the month that they are keen on <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3169113\/che-adams-birmingham-city-transfer-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">re-signing Che Adams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The striker has spent one season at Torino in Serie A following his five-year stay at Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>Adams previously made 123 appearances for Birmingham, scoring 38 goals before leaving in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that the 28-year-old is keen to return to England.<\/p>\n<p>However, there is doubt as to whether or not Adams would drop into the Championship and he would need persuading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City have announced their retained and released list as they work towards their return to the 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