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Sun 19 October 2025 12:29, UK <\/p>\n
Birmingham City owner Tom Wagner has told the players that he wants a top-two finish in the Championship this season, sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Blues currently sit 17th in the table after 10 games, nine points adrift of Middlesbrough in second.<\/p>\n Last month, Football Insider<\/strong> exclusively revealed that Birmingham boss Chris Davies was under growing pressure from the owners<\/a>.<\/p>\n Wagner and the rest of the club\u2019s hierarchy jetted into the UK to attend recent games against Sheffield Wednesday<\/a> and Wrexham.<\/p>\n Sources say that Wagner visited the dressing room after Birmingham\u2019s<\/a> draw with Wrexham and made it clear to the players that they are expected to achieve automatic promotion.<\/p>\n The owners heavily invested over the summer and feel that there is enough quality in the squad for a top-two finish.<\/p>\n On Saturday (18 October), Birmingham were beaten 3-2 by Hull City<\/a>, to extend their winless run to four games.<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n The Midlands giants have won just three of their ten league games so far this season, and have just one victory in their last eight across all competitions.<\/p>\n Birmingham being given big reality check<\/p>\n After their impressive business in the transfer market, the Blues had been tipped by many to replicate Ipswich Town<\/a> and go from League One all the way up to the Premier League in just two seasons.<\/p>\n Over the summer, Birmingham signed the likes of Demari Gray<\/a>, Kyogo Furuhashi, and Tommy Doyle.<\/p>\n Despite the additions, the Midlands side have struggled with the step up in quality, and on current form are nowhere near promotion challengers.<\/p>\n Birmingham travel to Preston on Tuesday (21 October) evening, with the hope of sparking their season back into life.<\/p>\n For more Birmingham and exclusive news, follow us on Facebook<\/a> or join our brand new WhatsApp Channel<\/a> for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Getty Sun 19 October 2025 12:29, UK Birmingham City owner Tom Wagner has told the players that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,12905,748,393,4884,8161,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-511847","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-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-tom-wagner","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115400737784546448","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511847","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=511847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Tom](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tom-Wagner-1024x703.jpg\")
Credit: ImagoTom Wagner visits dressing room to address Birmingham City players<\/p>\n![\"Tommy](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Tommy-Doyle-1024x683.jpg\")
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