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<\/p>\nThe signing of Spanish winger Carlos Vicente would be the most eye-catching deal in an extraordinary winter window for Birmingham City<\/p>\n
Carlos Vicente celebrates a goal for Deportivo Alaves(Image: )<\/p>\n
Birmingham City are pulling out all the stops in this winter transfer window.<\/p>\n
With four new signings and the possibility of a fifth<\/a> in the form of coveted Spanish winger Carlos Vicente, Blues<\/a> are looking to correct all of their problems in what is notoriously the most difficult window to deal in.<\/p>\n Recruitment chiefs and owners usually shudder at the prospect of a trolley dash in January. Selling clubs hold all the power and buyers can\u2019t exactly conceal their cards.<\/p>\n But the prospect of overpaying hasn\u2019t deterred Blues and their ultra-ambitious owners Knighthead Capital Management.<\/a><\/p>\n FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK! <\/strong>All the latest Blues news on Birmingham Live\u2019s Birmingham City FC Facebook page<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Promotion to the Premier League was the aim at the outset and, despite currently occupying 13th position in the Championship table with a five-point gap to the play-offs, Blues aren\u2019t willing to throw the towel in.<\/p>\n Tom Wagner<\/a> has once again put his money where his mouth is to bankroll another spending spree.<\/p>\n A conservative estimate of fees for permanent additions Kai Wagner, August Priske and Vicente \u2013 should Blues sign him from Alaves without the Abdoulie Manneh hiccups<\/a> \u2013 is in excess of \u00a310million and nudging towards the \u00a315m mark.<\/p>\n Then you can throw in loan fees for Jhon Solis, who could become a permanent signing in the summer, and Ibrahim Osman. And don\u2019t forget the wages.<\/p>\n It must be noted that the complex nature of Profit & Sustainability rules mean that you can frame a transfer across the course of a contract. For example, the \u00a36m signing of Priske can be spread across his five-and-a-half year contract rather than just appear on the books as one big hit.<\/p>\n Without any significant sales this month – Dion Sanderson, Emil Hansson, Alfons Sampsted and Lyndon Dykes have all left on permanent deals – Blues have clearly found wriggle-room since the summer.<\/p>\n Speaking at the Open House event in November, Wagner said: \u201cWe spent as much as we could in the summer. The press point out transfer fees and ignore player wages.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you bring somebody in on a free, a lot of the time that player is expensive from a wage perspective and wants a multi-year contract. What looks like a bargain could over the course of a contract be quite expensive and what looks like it’s expensive with respect to a player transfer fee might be a bargain as a result of what the wages are over time.<\/p>\n \u201cWe spent what we could. We have a very high quality squad.\u201d<\/p>\n Getting Sanderson, Hansson, Sampsted, Dykes, Keshi Anderson and even Marc Leonard, albeit on a temporary basis, off the wage bill has given director of football Craig Gardner<\/a> something to work with.<\/p>\n Wagner joked \u2018Craig Gardner is spending money like it grows on trees\u2019 with supporters on his latest visit to St Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n The fees Blues are forking out will have to be offset by something \u2013 maybe social media impressions or another lucrative sponsorship deal.<\/p>\n Make no mistake about it, this isn\u2019t a club content to coast to a mid-table finish. 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