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Ben Davies enjoyed a successful loan at Birmingham City from Rangers<\/p>\nBen Davies spent last season on loan at Birmingham City from RangersBen Davies enjoyed a successful loan at Birmingham City from Rangers<\/p>\n
Birmingham City might have to look elsewhere for another centre-back with new Rangers manager Russell Martin apparently set to take a closer look at Ben Davies<\/a> in pre-season.<\/p>\n Davies, 29, enjoyed a highly successful season on loan at Blues<\/a> and helped the club win the League One title in record-breaking fashion.<\/p>\n The central defender played 44 games for Blues across all competitions and forged a solid partnership with Christoph Klarer in the second half of the season.<\/p>\n BirminghamLive<\/strong> has previously reported that Blues are interested in re-signing Davies and Kieran Dowell on a permanent basis from Rangers.<\/p>\n The appointment of Russell Martin as Rangers\u2019 new manager could change the club\u2019s stance on two players whose futures seemed to be away from Ibrox this time last year.<\/p>\n According to the Daily Mail, Martin is keen to freshen up Rangers\u2019 back-line and plans to assess Davies in pre-season.<\/p>\n The report states:<\/a> \u201cMartin is reluctant to close the door on any player before he\u2019s had a chance to assess them in pre-season and Ben Davies is likely to be offered a chance to resurrect his Rangers career.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite dropping down to League One with Blues last season, Davies has a wealth of experience at Championship level with Preston North End and Sheffield United.<\/p>\n Davies would add to Blues\u2019 already strong complement of centre-backs with Klarer, Krystian Bielik<\/a> and Phil Neumann all under contract.<\/p>\n He has one year remaining on his contract at Ibrox and Blues will no doubt be keeping tabs on how his situation develops under Martin.<\/p>\n Would you like to see Davies return? 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