{"id":368518,"date":"2025-08-24T00:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368518\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T00:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T00:45:25","slug":"chris-davies-reveals-what-birmingham-city-definitely-need-and-what-to-expect-from-lewis-koumas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368518\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Davies reveals what Birmingham City &#8216;definitely&#8217; need and what to expect from Lewis Koumas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City have had a busy summer in the transfer window and aren&#8217;t done yet as Chris Davies targets further recruits<\/p>\n<p>20:48, 23 Aug 2025Updated 20:49, 23 Aug 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1_Birmingham-City-v-Oxford-United-Sky-Bet-Championship.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Davies\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Chris Davies(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Birmingham City are not done in the transfer market, despite their tenth signing of a mouthwatering summer before this afternoon\u2019s victory over Oxford United.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Blues Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Blues <\/a>won for the third match in a row and thanks to Paik Seung-ho\u2019s first half goal have now taken <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/birmingham-city-player-ratings-oxford-32336983\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"seven points form their first three Championship games.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">seven points form their first three Championship games.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In the build up to today\u2019s match Blues confirmed the arrival of Lewis Koumas on loan from Liverpool for the season and paraded the 19-year-old on the pitch a quarter of an hour before kick-off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Koumas joins fellow loan players James Beadle, Eiran Cashin and Tommy Doyle in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/chris-davies-reveals-what-told-32337087\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Davies\u2019 squad and the likes of Kyogo FuruhashiLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Davies\u2019 squad and the likes of Kyogo Furuhashi<\/a>, Phil Neumann, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Demarai Gray, Marvin Ducksch and Kanya Fujimoto who have arrived on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However, Davies admitted afterwards the club aren\u2019t done yet with just over a week left before the deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cI think we&#8217;re still looking to try to finish the squad off. To do that we still need a couple definitely \u2013 and that&#8217;s a work in progress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cAs always like most clubs, it&#8217;s a moving situation and we just have to be ready to to do what we need to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Reinforcement at left back is an obvious area of need, and the departure of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/krystian-bielik\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Krystian Bielik<\/a> has left Davies with three central defenders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Koumas comes in to bolster his attacking options and the manager is delighted to have pulled of something of a coup for a player linked with the likes of Wrexham and Sheffield United.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cLewis is obviously coming from a great club, a great education development he&#8217;s had there,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cHe&#8217;s had a loan now, obviously his first loan at Stoke, he\u2019s coped well with the Championship last season, played a lot of games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cHe&#8217;s a winger, can play across the front, left, right and can play in the middle as well. He\u2019s direct, technically good, he&#8217;s got a sense of goal and I love the intensity he plays with, he&#8217;s not a lad that sort of waits and things to happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cHe tries to make things happen, so he&#8217;ll make runs, he&#8217;ll press and give you a lot of that work without the ball as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cSo I&#8217;m really pleased to have him, with us now because I think there was a lot of competition to try and attract him. 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