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Birmingham City and Ipswich Town are racing to sign Stevenage teen sensation Ryan Doherty, sources have told Football Insider.<\/strong><\/p>\n The midfielder has already made 11 first-team appearances for Stevenage<\/a> and made his first League One<\/a> start in this month\u2019s clash against Cardiff City.<\/p>\n Championship duo Birmingham<\/a> and Ipswich<\/a> have registered their interest in Doherty in the days leading up to the January transfer window.<\/p>\n The 17-year-old\u2019s potential has placed a number of clubs higher up the football pyramid on alert, with multiple sides now keeping close tabs on his displays.<\/p>\n Doherty signed his first professional contract with Stevenage in August after entering the second year of his two-year scholarship deal at the League One club.<\/p>\n Doherty has recently established himself as a regular in the Stevenage first-team under Alex Revell, having impressed the boss during their pre-season preparations.<\/p>\n In what is proving to be a breakout year for him, the midfielder has featured three teams in League One and once in the Carabao Cup against Charlton<\/a>.<\/p>\n MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n He has also featured heavily in a rotated EFL Trophy side, playing a key role in wins against AFC Wimbledon, Bromley, and Crystal Palace<\/a>\u2018s Under-21s.<\/p>\n Scouts from Birmingham and Ipswich, among other Championship suitors, are now keeping tabs on his performances with a view to a future move.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n While he will be regarded as one for the future at both clubs, Doherty could be tempted to be part of their ambitious plans going forward.<\/p>\n Birmingham City manager update emerges<\/p>\n While the club are making plans to strengthen both immediately and for the future in the mid-season transfer window, speculation surrounding the manager is rife.<\/p>\n Chris Davies is under pressure at St Andrew\u2019s as the Blues sit 15th in the Championship table despite harbouring early ambitions of a top-six finish.<\/p>\n As a result, Football Insider<\/strong> revealed on 27 December that Birmingham are eyeing Michael Carrick<\/a> among a number of targets to replace Davies.<\/p>\n Football Insider<\/strong>\u00a0previously revealed that\u00a0Birmingham are planning to replace Davies<\/a> and have drawn up a list of potential replacements for the boss.<\/p>\n Carrick, 44, is of interest following his dismissal from his role at Middlesbrough in June,\u00a0as Birmingham begin exploring the market for potential alternatives.<\/p>\n For more Birmingham City and exclusive news, follow us on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0or join our brand new\u00a0WhatsApp Channel<\/a>\u00a0for instant updates to be sent straight to your phone.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credit: StevenageFC on YouTube, Imago) Mon 29 December 2025 14:56, UK Birmingham City and Ipswich Town are racing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,12905,748,393,4884,1926,201966,56456,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-660806","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-ipswich-town","14":"tag-ryan-doherty","15":"tag-stevenage","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115804298889155010","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660806","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=660806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Alex](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alex-Revell-Stevenage-1024x576.png\")
Credit: ImagoBirmingham and Ipswich race to sign Ryan Doherty<\/p>\n![\"Birmingham](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Chris-Davies-1024x576.jpg\")
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