{"id":237316,"date":"2025-07-04T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237316\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T11:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:50:11","slug":"birmingham-city-close-in-on-10m-deal-for-incredible-star-as-personal-terms-agreed-with-celtic-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237316\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City close in on \u00a310m deal for ‘incredible’ star as personal terms agreed with Celtic hero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Birmingham City are one of the most financially ambitious clubs in the Championship at the moment, and EFL Analysis can confirm they are close to a major signing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Birmingham City<\/a> are cementing themselves as a force to be reckoned with in the second tier ahead of the 2025\/26 Championship campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After Chris Davies\u2019<\/a> side secured a record-breaking League One<\/a> title win, the Blues have been extremely busy in the summer transfer market as Tom Wagner plots Premier League promotion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Birmingham signed Tommy Doyle<\/a> on loan from Manchester City to join fellow loanee James Beadle from Brighton, and Birmingham have re-signed Demarai Gray<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To add to that stellar business, EFL Analysis<\/strong> can confirm that Birmingham are poised to secure a major transfer coup with personal terms agreed for a Celtic icon.<\/p>\n

\"KyogoPhoto by Jonathan Moscrop\/Getty ImagesBirmingham City agree personal terms with Rennes forward Kyogo Furuhashi<\/p>\n

Birmingham are poised to pull off the Championship<\/a> signing of the summer so far by landing Rennes ace Kyogo Furuhashi.<\/p>\n

Birmingham showed interest in Furuhashi<\/a> earlier in the window after his \u00a310m move to Ligue 1 outfit Rennes in the January window.<\/p>\n

Now, EFL Analysis<\/strong> understands via our Chief Football correspondent Graeme Bailey, that Birmingham have agreed personal terms with Celtic legend Furuhashi.<\/p>\n

Furuhashi joined French top flight side Rennes in January, but has not settled across the English Channel.<\/p>\n

After making just a handful of appearances, he is now set to move back to the UK.<\/p>\n\nKey statistic<\/strong><\/td>\nKyogo Furuhashi record for Celtic<\/strong><\/td>\nKyogo Furuhashi for Rennes in 24\/25<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGames played<\/td>\n167<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nGoals<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nAssists<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Kyogo Furuhashi\u2019s goalscoring record overall for Celtic, and since Rennes move in January<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sources have informed EFL Analysis<\/strong> that 30-year-old Furuhashi has agreed terms with Birmingham and the two clubs are now close to finalising terms on a \u00a310million deal.<\/p>\n

Birmingham wanted to bolster their attacking options aside from record signing Jay Stansfield and Furuhashi is emerging as their main target.<\/p>\n

EFL Analysis<\/strong> understands that Celtic did have conversations about a possible return to Glasgow for their Japanese legend. <\/p>\n

However, Birmingham have persuaded him that his next move should be to England\u2019s second city and they hope to tie up the move over the weekend.<\/p>\n

With Birmingham\u2019s squad already brimming with talent ahead of the 2025\/26 second tier season, the acquisition of Furuhashi to play alongside Stansfield would certainly propel them to a top-six finish next term.<\/p>\n

\"TomPhoto by Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesKyogo Furuhashi to Birmingham City would be Championship signing of summer<\/p>\n

In the wake of promotion to the Championship, Blues owner Wagner admitted that Birmingham want an \u201caggressive\u201d transfer window<\/a> this summer, and the statement capture of Furuhashi would do just that.<\/p>\n

A front two comprising the Celtic legend, alongside Birmingham\u2019s most expensive signing<\/a> Stansfield, would send shivers down the spines of all second tier defences ahead of next season. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The Japanese forward was outstanding during his four-year stay with the Scottish champions, as evidenced by his 101 direct goal involvements in just 167 appearances.<\/p>\n

After Furuhashi\u2019s \u00a310m move to Rennes was completed in January, Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers told Sky Sports<\/a> that: He\u2019s been an incredible player for the club for the three and a half years he\u2019s been here and he\u2019s not someone that we wanted to lose,<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I arrived here, Kyogo hadn\u2019t scored a goal in the Champions League. If he leaves, he\u2019s then shown that he can play at that level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furuhashi left Celtic with three Champions League goals to his name, and now is poised for a move to St Andrews in a monumental coup for the Blues\/<\/p>\n

Birmingham were last in the top flight<\/a> in 2017\/18, and the signing of Furuhashi should push them to promotion, as we believe will be the outcome in our early 2025\/26 Championship predictions.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City are one of the most financially ambitious clubs in the Championship at the moment, and EFL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,12905,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-237316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-birmingham-city","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114794818703868580","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237316","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=237316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}