{"id":313348,"date":"2025-08-03T01:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T01:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313348\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T01:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T01:47:10","slug":"blackpool-boss-backs-birmingham-city-loan-star-to-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/313348\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool Boss Backs Birmingham City Loan Star To Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Lewis Storey\/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;\">Blackpool manager Steve Bruce has hailed new signing Emil Hansson for his ability to cause opponents problems from the wings, after securing him on loan for the season from <a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/birmingham-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hansson helped Birmingham City achieve promotion to the <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> from <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/league-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">League One<\/a> with a record points total, after signing from Dutch side Heracles.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Silvera, who similarly arrived on loan from Middlesbrough last January, returned to his parent club and Hansson will be expected to fill his place in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bruce claimed that Hansson\u2019s experience at League One level last time around will come in handy for Blackpool.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> legend also heaped praise on Hansson for his skills in the wide areas and predicted that he will be a thorn in opposition sides.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/General_Fans4_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bruce told the Seasiders\u2019 <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackpoolfc.co.uk\/news\/2025\/august\/01\/blackpool-bring-in-hansson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>: \u201cEmil is a typical out-and-out winger and we\u2019re pleased to have him join us here at Blackpool.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis ability from wide areas will cause the opposition problems.<\/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;\">Birmingham City (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2024\u201325<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">111<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Wolverhampton Wanderers (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;\">103<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Charlton Athletic (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2011\u201312<\/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;\">Plymouth Argyle (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<tr>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">Sheffield United (C)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">2016\u201317<\/td>\n<td style=\"border:2px solid #ddd; padding:12px; background-color:#fec368;\">100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p> Top five most points total in League One;<br \/>(C) Champions <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe his experience in a team that achieved so much at this level last season can only be a good thing, and we look forward to welcoming him here and working with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hansson came on off the bench for Blackpool on Saturday in their League One opener as they went down to a 3-2 home defeat at the hands of Stevenage.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Blackpool_Steve_Bruce_620_ofg.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Birmingham City loan star will hope his cameo off the bench is enough to command a spot in the side next weekend when Blackpool travel to face Exeter City.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bruce is aiming for promotion with Blackpool this season, which would put them into the Championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Blackpool boss admitted near the end of last term that he was <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/04\/25\/blackpool-boss-steve-bruce-makes-jealous-admission-about-wrexham\/679555\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jealous of Welsh giants Wrexham<\/a>, who went up last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Storey\/Getty Images \u00a0 Blackpool manager Steve Bruce has hailed new signing Emil Hansson for his ability to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-313348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114962316956624370","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313348","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=313348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}