{"id":645435,"date":"2025-12-21T03:03:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/645435\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T03:03:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:03:39","slug":"birmingham-city-make-chris-davies-sack-decision-new-manager-shortlist-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/645435\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City make Chris Davies sack decision, new manager shortlist emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2-Insets-Alternative-5-1-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"Chris Davies looking at Tom Wagner in circle\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Credit: Imago<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766286215_680_5848db4324c310988559cebb9bd78bda\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Jack Dawson\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Sat 20 December 2025 18:02, UK <\/p>\n<p>Birmingham City are drawing up a shortlist of manager replacements as Chris Davies fights to keep his job, <strong>sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old is expected to survive Saturday\u2019s 3-0 Championship defeat at Sheffield United.<\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/chris-davies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Davies<\/a> is under huge pressure to turn around ambitious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/birmingham-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham\u2019s<\/a> fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say that the former Tottenham coach must oversee wins against Derby County and Southampton in the team\u2019s next two matches, both of which are at home, to stay as manager.<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s US owners have targeted back-to-back promotions and have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-birmingham-citys-three-man-january-signing-plan-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set aside cash to invest in the squad in January\u2019s transfer window<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham are 14th in the table after Saturday\u2019s round of matches but they are six points from the final play-off spot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Chris-Davies-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham City manager Chris Davies\" class=\"wp-image-583372\" \/>Credit: GettyBirmingham City previously came close to dismissing Davies<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s defeat continues a streak of horrendous form under Davies, with the Blues now suffering defeats in three of their last four matches.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-chris-davies-given-two-weeks-to-save-his-job-at-birmingham-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Davies previously had two weeks to save his job in late October<\/a>, and a string of victories ensured that he remained at St. Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/patrick-roberts-faces-birmingham-loan-turmoil-as-3m-transfer-news-emerges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yang Hyun-Jun has been targeted at Birmingham<\/a> to help improve their fortunes as they prepare for the January window.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tom-Wagner-1200-\u00d7-824px-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"Birmingham\" class=\"wp-image-518044\" \/>Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if the manager can pull off another strong run of form to remain in a job at St. Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham\u2019s chances of promotion dwindling <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/theanalyst.com\/competition\/english-championship\/table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opta<\/a> on 20 December, the defeat has now left Birmingham in a difficult position to win promotion.<\/p>\n<p>The supercomputer insists that the Blues have just a 10.58 per cent chance of going up through the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Getting into the Premier League this season through coming second or winning the title is even lower at just 0.56 per cent and 0.04 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Birmingham are on track to finish 14th according to Opta\u2019s estimations, far away from the ambitions of promotion that were present at the start of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Only time will tell if Davies, or any potential incoming manager, will be able to turn this around before the campaign ends.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Imago Sat 20 December 2025 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