{"id":319801,"date":"2025-08-05T12:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/319801\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T12:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:32:11","slug":"birmingham-city-have-belief-over-changing-chuba-akpoms-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/319801\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Have Belief Over Changing Chuba Akpom&#8217;s Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Malcolm Couzens\/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;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/birmingham-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City<\/a> feel that they can change Chuba Akpom\u2019s mind and tilt him away from Ipswich Town and towards St Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old former <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/arsenal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a> academy product joined Ajax from Middlesbrough in 2023 but failed to impress the Dutch management despite netting 15 goals in the first season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ajax have been looking to offload him for some time and loaned him to Lille for the second half of last season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now Akpom has takers in the form of Birmingham City, Middlesbrough and Ipswich Town.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Akpom\u2019s transfer saga this summer has been full of drama, with Chris Davies\u2019 side being at the centre of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham struck an initial loan agreement with Ajax to take Akpom for the season with an obligation to buy if they are promoted, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/08\/03\/middlesbrough-could-strike-on-remained-low-aspect-as-push-to-hijack-birmingham-city-swoop-ongoing\/690137\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">but Middlesbrough tried to hijack the deal<\/a>; Blues successfully managed to hold off Boro and a medical for Akpom was scheduled.<\/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\/Ajax_Chuba_Akpom_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Akpom <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2025\/08\/04\/chuba-akpom-has-now-postponed-development-as-birmingham-try-to-hold-off-ipswich\/690175\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">though postponed the medical with Birmingham<\/a> when Ipswich entered the race.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ipswich made a slightly better financial offer than Birmingham and Akpom was given permission by Ajax to undergo a medical with the Tractor Boys, which went smoothly.<\/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>But it has been suggested that Birmingham are refusing to give up, as they have presented Ajax with a new proposal to sign Akpom on a permanent basis, rather than a loan \u2013 and Ajax would prefer a permanent deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Dutch magazine <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vi.nl\/nieuws\/waar-ligt-de-toekomst-van-chuba-akpom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voetbal International<\/a>, Birmingham think that they will be able to change Akpom\u2019s mind so that he chooses them over Kieran McKenna\u2019s side.<\/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\/Birmingham_Chris_Davies_Petty_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ajax are favouring Birmingham\u2019s offer as they want to get Akpom off the books in a permanent manner, but they have no idea which club the centre forward will choose.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham and Ipswich both will be hoping to conclude the deal before their <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> opener, where they will meet each other on Friday at St. Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malcolm Couzens\/Getty Images \u00a0 Birmingham City feel that they can change Chuba Akpom\u2019s mind and tilt him away&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-319801","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\/114976178783689968","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319801","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=319801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}