{"id":237830,"date":"2025-07-04T16:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T16:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237830\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T16:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T16:21:11","slug":"how-birmingham-city-beat-premier-league-sides-to-sign-bright-osayi-samuel-as-championship-rivals-blown-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/237830\/","title":{"rendered":"How Birmingham City beat Premier League sides to sign Bright Osayi-Samuel as Championship rivals ‘blown away’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Birmingham City\u2019s summer transfer window business is taking the Championship by storm, and that momentum could very well carry over into the 2025\/26 campaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following their record-breaking promotion from League One<\/a> to the Championship<\/a> last season, Birmingham City<\/a> are on a mission this summer.<\/p>\n

Birmingham owner Tom Wagner wants back-to-back promotions<\/a>, and the American businessman has already made great strides to achieve that goal.<\/p>\n

Before the window even began, EFL Analysis<\/strong> tipped the Blues for an instant promotion in our early 2025\/26 Championship predictions<\/a>, and the club are on course to achieve that given their early summer window business.<\/p>\n

The Blues have added to their stellar summer dealings with the capture of Bright Osayi-Samuel from Fenerbahce, and EFL Analysis<\/strong> can reveal they beat several Premier League sides to his signature to send shockwaves down the second tier.<\/p>\n

\"BrightPhoto by Ahmad Mora\/Getty ImagesHow Birmingham City beat Premier League sides to sign Bright Osayi-Samuel<\/p>\n

Birmingham signed Tommy Doyle<\/a> earlier this week, in favour of a move to foes Wrexham<\/a>, with the highly-coveted central midfielder admitting he signed as the Blues\u2019 \u201cambition was difficult to turn down\u201d.<\/p>\n

Aside from Doyle, Birmingham have signed James Beadle<\/a> on loan from Brighton, and have completed the signing of former winger Demarai Gray, although one Championship expert has questioned Birmingham\u2019s Gray signing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a further coup for the Blues, it emerged on Friday that Birmingham are set to sign Kyogo Furuhashi<\/a> as the former Celtic superstar has agreed personal terms on a \u00a310m move from Rennes.<\/p>\n

Before that came to light, Birmingham announced Osayi-Samuel\u2019s signing<\/a>, and EFL Analysis<\/strong> can exclusively reveal that the Blues beat a plethora of Premier League suitors to his signature, which has put their second tier rivals on high alert for next season.<\/p>\n

EFL Analysis<\/strong> understands that Osayi-Samuel held talks with Crystal Palace, Everton, Fulham, Wolves and West Ham before signing with Birmingham.<\/p>\n

EFL Analysis\u2019<\/strong> Chief Football correspondent Graeme Bailey explained: \u201cI am told Osayi-Samuel was quite advanced with a number of Premier League clubs, the opportunity was there for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he is yet another player Birmingham have gone all in for. They sold him on the project, and I can\u2019t tell you how impressive this deal is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Blues are undoubtedly on course for promotion in the 2025\/26 Championship campaign<\/a>, with Osayi-Samuel the club\u2019s latest coup, and we can also reveal that the club\u2019s latest summer signings are striking fear into their divisional rivals.<\/p>\n

\"BirminghamPhoto by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesChampionship rivals are \u2018blown away\u2019 Birmingham City\u2019s summer business<\/p>\n

Birmingham were last in the top flight<\/a> eight years ago, and that could very well change by the end of the 2025\/26 season if the Blues maintain their outstanding summer transfer window business.<\/p>\n

EFL Analysis\u2019<\/strong> Chief Football correspondent Bailey further revealed: \u201cI have spoken to a number of clubs at the top of Championship who are blown away by the business Birmingham are doing.<\/p>\n

Bright Osayi-Samuel career statistics so far ahead of Birmingham City transfer, data as per Fotmob<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe anticipation was they would go for it this summer and make moves, but to get the likes of Demarai Gray and Osayi-Samuel is as good and better than anyone other side at this level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before the summer, Blues owner Wagner admitted that Birmingham wanted an \u201caggressive\u201d transfer window<\/a>, and the club\u2019s recent business has certainly fulfilled those claims.<\/p>\n

With Birmingham improving in every department on the pitch, the Midlands outfit are on course to take the second tier by storm next season.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birmingham City\u2019s summer transfer window business is taking the Championship by storm, and that momentum could very well…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,12905,748,9030,393,560,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-237830","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-championship","12":"tag-england","13":"tag-exclusives","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114795885375151347","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237830","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=237830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}