{"id":700022,"date":"2026-01-16T14:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700022\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:06:12","slug":"also-in-the-picture-birmingham-face-fresh-competition-for-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/700022\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Also In The Picture&#8217; &#8211; Birmingham Face Fresh Competition For Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> Michael Campanella\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"single-quote\" style=\"display: block; margin-block-start: 1em; margin-block-end: 1em; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin: 30px 0px; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/birmingham-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City<\/a> are now facing competition for Djurgardens striker August Priske as another <a style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Championship<\/a> club and a Serie A side \u2018are also in the picture\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Blues\u2019 hierarchy have made it clear they are committed to their ambition of reaching the Premier League, showing no hesitation in backing Chris Davies with investment the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, they strengthened their defence with the signing of Philadelphia Union full-back Kai Wagner and are edging closer to <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2026\/01\/15\/before-the-end-of-the-week-birmingham-city-push-to-get-signing-done\/703349\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">finalising the deal for Girona\u2019s Jhon Solis to add depth to their midfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/insidefutbol.com\/2026\/01\/15\/birmingham-city-in-drivers-seat-to-beat-competition-for-21-year-old\/703323\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been in the driving seat to secure 21-year-old attacker Priske<\/a>, with a deal seeming some way down the line, but Blues have not seen off competition yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Danish outlet <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bold.dk\/fodbold\/nyheder\/birmingham-forer-to-andre-bejlere-til-priske\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bold<\/a>, a Serie A club has emerged as a contender for Priske\u2019s signature, with another Championship side also showing interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Birmingham_Chris_Davies4_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Both clubs are \u2018also in the picture\u2019 when it comes to the race to sign Priske, who has also had interest from French top flight side Lille and Turkish giants Besiktas.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the interest from Italy and a side in the Championship has added a new twist to the race for the young Dane.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr>\nStriker<br \/>\nAge<br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Jay Stansfield<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Marvin Ducksch<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">Kyogo Furuhashi<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 2px solid #ddd; padding: 12px; background-color: #fec368; color: black;\" data-darkreader-inline-border-top=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-right=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-border-left=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p>Birmingham City\u2019s striker options<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Priske had an impressive campaign last year with Djurgardens, scoring 18 Allsvenskan goals to finish as joint league top scorer alongside GAIS\u2019 Ibrahim Diabate, while also adding two assists to help the club secure fifth place in the Allsvenskan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fee Birmingham would potentially be paying for Priske has not been revealed, but the club will be hoping that interest from rival sides is limited and that no other suitors can derail the deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Birmingham_Chris_Davies_Petty_620_ofg.webp.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Much may come down to what Priske wants to do, whether he is set on moving to Birmingham or tempted by the idea of heading elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Priske\u2019s former club, FC Midtjylland, have a large sell-on clause that they will be due when he does leave Djurgardens.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sitting 14th in the Championship and seven points adrift of the top six, with away form continuing to be a major concern, it remains to be seen whether Blues can get the young striker to St Andrew\u2019s and whether he can ignite their push for a playoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Campanella\/Getty Images \u00a0 Birmingham City are now facing competition for Djurgardens striker August Priske as another Championship&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-700022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115905166529681421","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700022","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=700022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}