{"id":818585,"date":"2026-03-11T09:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/818585\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:27:19","slug":"player-on-why-he-joined-blues-but-could-soon-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/818585\/","title":{"rendered":"Player on why he joined Blues but could soon leave"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jhon Sol\u00eds says the Championship appeal and Birmingham City\u2019s project convinced him to reject other clubs for the Blues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Colombia international has had a chat with ESPN South America<\/a> to discuss several topics and majority of it is on Birmingham City.<\/p>\n

Sol\u00eds joined Chris Davies\u2019 side on loan from Girona in the winter market. Two months ago, Sport Witness relayed news<\/a> that Birmingham City paid a \u20ac500k loan fee to the La Liga side and have an \u20ac8m purchase option.<\/p>\n

The midfielder has enjoyed a good run since moving to St Andrew\u2019s, playing 637 minutes from nine matches so far.<\/p>\n

On February 25th, Sport Witness highlighted praise<\/a> from the Colombia media for his start at Birmingham City.<\/p>\n

Rejected other clubs for Birmingham City<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old was asked how his move to the Championship side took place, and also about his adaptation in England.<\/p>\n

Responding to that, he said: \u201cI came to Birmingham because it\u2019s an ambitious club with a sporting project to move forward. Football leaves its mark. You have four good weeks and maybe the fifth is negative, that\u2019s just how this sport is.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Girona, I was a bit of a substitute, but it was difficult to start regularly. So, considering I\u2019m young, I wanted to get playing time and that development on the pitch, which is the most important thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had other clubs interested, but they [the Blues] convinced me. The Championship is very competitive. Doing my apprenticeship here seems like a very positive experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris Davies impact on player<\/p>\n

The South American didn\u2019t enjoy a prominent role at the Catalan club in the first half of this season. To put it in context, Girona manager M\u00edchel gave him 531 minutes from 14 matches across all competitions.<\/p>\n

His situation has improved since moving to Birmingham City and he talked about that when asked about the difference between Davies and M\u00edchel.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it\u2019s a little different, with a bit more freedom,\u201d Sol\u00eds said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started at Atl\u00e9tico Nacional, I was a box-to-box midfielder. An 8 who had the ability to get up and down the pitch, to repeat the effort. Here they saw that quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDefensively I contribute that physical ability and winning duels, but also with the ball I have that freedom to go forward and be direct. In the 70th or 80th minute, when the other team might be disjointed, you cover 40 metres with the ball.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blues stay is a possibility
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ESPN specifically asked whether he could stay at Birmingham City beyond this season.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThere\u2019s a possibility I\u2019ll stay; it\u2019s a loan with an option to buy. So far, I\u2019ve felt very good. There\u2019s the possibility of staying, but also the possibility of going back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m trying to take advantage of this momentum and my current situation, which is good, and continue opening doors in the world of football. I\u2019m willing to go wherever is best, but right now my focus is here, and I\u2019m giving everything for Birmingham City.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our take: Sol\u00eds is playing safe<\/p>\n

The Colombian has confirmed the English club\u2019s project convinced him to join them on a loan deal. He also said extending his stay with Birmingham City is a possibility.<\/p>\n

At the same time, he doesn\u2019t want to close other doors, especially if the Blues decide not to retain him. There\u2019s also the possibility of waiting to see what else arrives in the summer.<\/p>\n

Birmingham City are currently 13th in the Championship and promotion looks out of reach. Solis and his camp may well be hoping some good performances can attract other clubs.<\/p>\n

The player is represented by Jose Levis agency, as per Transfermarkt<\/a>, a group which has exclusively Colombians as their clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jhon Sol\u00eds says the Championship appeal and Birmingham City\u2019s project convinced him to reject other clubs for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,12905,748,393,34431,4884,208292,16,15],"class_list":["post-818585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-birmingham-city","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-girona","tag-great-britain","tag-jhon-solis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116209834240670219","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818585","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=818585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}