{"id":349740,"date":"2025-08-16T18:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349740\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T18:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T18:08:14","slug":"chris-davies-addresses-alex-cochrane-injury-as-birmingham-city-set-to-dip-into-transfer-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/349740\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Davies addresses Alex Cochrane injury as Birmingham City set to dip into transfer market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City came from behind to win in the Championship for the first time this season &#8211; but picked up a knock to an important player<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/0_JS376929407.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Cochrane of Birmingham City\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Alex Cochrane of Birmingham City<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Chris Davies has confirmed Alex Cochrane picked up an injury in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Birmingham CityLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City<\/a>\u2019s 2-1 win at Blackburn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Blues trailed 1-0 after Todd Cantwell put Rovers in front early in the second half. But a Jay Stansfield penalty as the game ticked past the 90 levelled the scores, then Lyndon Dykes pounced for a<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/blackburn-rovers-birmingham-city-live-32282269\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" winner eight minutes into added time.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"> winner eight minutes into added time.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ethan Laird won the spot kick, with a surging run into the box, having replaced Cochrane at left back at half time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Blues were already looking recruit a challenger for Cochrane <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/birmingham-city-blackburn-player-ratings-32288558\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"as the transfer window enters its final fortnight.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">as the transfer window enters its final fortnight.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cHe&#8217;s got a slight knock,\u201d Davies said. \u201cHe&#8217;s just felt something there which is unusual because Alex has been an ever present.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cBut he&#8217;s played a lot of football, so we&#8217;ll have to see how he is tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe are looking in that position. We do need two left backs so definitely cover and competition for Alex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cThat won&#8217;t change it too much just by nature we&#8217;ve only got two weeks to go, so it&#8217;s something we&#8217;ve been looking at doing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cNothing&#8217;s imminent in the next day or so from my understanding, but there&#8217;s definite work to do, no doubt we need the depth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe need a few more players just to give us what we need depth wise and quality wise for the season ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIt&#8217;s a long old road we&#8217;ve got ahead of us and we&#8217;re working hard on that, we communicate a lot, myself and the owner and Craig (Gardner), and we&#8217;re always talking about what exactly we need and working hard behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIt just depends how it all falls, but there&#8217;s not like loads that we need to bring in, but we need a few more just to finish off the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What do Blues need to do in the transfer window? 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