{"id":90082,"date":"2025-05-10T12:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/90082\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T12:52:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T12:52:15","slug":"ben-davies-transfer-defenders-birmingham-city-admission-and-the-hit-rangers-have-to-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/90082\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Davies transfer: Defender&#8217;s Birmingham City admission and the hit Rangers have to take"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Davies played 44 games on loan at Birmingham City from Rangers last season<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2_JS366404172.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Davies enjoyed a successful loan at Birmingham City from Rangers\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Ben Davies enjoyed a successful loan at Birmingham City from Rangers<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ben Davies has returned to Rangers after completing his loan spell at <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/birmingham-city-fc\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Birmingham CityLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham City<\/a> and now faces an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/che-adams-birmingham-city-transfer-31604689\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Blues are keen to re-sign Davies, 29, on a permanent basisLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Blues are keen to re-sign Davies, 29, on a permanent basis<\/a> but a number of things will need to fall into place for that to happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The managerial situation at Rangers must be cleared up first. Ex-Blues midfielder Barry Ferguson has been in interim charge at Ibrox since Philippe Clement was sacked in February and a permanent successor hasn\u2019t yet been appointed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Once that is done, the futures of <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/ben-davies\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"DaviesLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Davies<\/a> and Kieran Dowell \u2013 the other Rangers loanee Blues would like to bring back permanently \u2013 can be decided.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">What is Davies\u2019 situation at Rangers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Davies only has 12 months remaining on his contract at Ibrox which means that this is Rangers&#8217; last chance to make money on the defender.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Rangers paid Liverpool a reported \u00a34million to sign Davies but they will have to take a big hit on that to sell him to Blues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">What has Davies said?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Usually, when a loan player whose contract doesn\u2019t include an option nor obligation is asked whether they would like to sign for that club permanently, they straight bat the question and say very little.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Ben Davies did the exact opposite when he was <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/ben-davies-birmingham-city-rangers-31314398\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"asked if he would like his loan move to be made permanentLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">asked if he would like his loan move to be made permanent<\/a> at the end of March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Davies said: \u201cI\u2019m going to work here till the summer then see what my agent says. I\u2019m really enjoying it here so if the opportunity arose I\u2019d consider it seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cBut it\u2019s not really my decision at the minute so I\u2019m going to wait and then see what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Davies has made an impression<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The defender has been talked up as a leader by his colleagues and he forged an excellent partnership at the back with Christoph Klarer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Blues kept clean sheets in exactly half of Davies\u2019 44 matches last season and conceded just 25 goals with him on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Klarer commented: \u201cI\u2019ve spent most of my time with Ben and we\u2019ve complimented each other very well. You can see Ben has played at a higher level and he will play at a higher level for the rest of his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIt has been a joy to be with Ben on and off the pitch because he\u2019s such a likeable and professional character, so that makes it easier for me to play next to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Should Blues make re-signing Davies a priority? Let us know <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/ben-davies-transfer-birmingham-rangers-31608616#comments-wrapper\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"HERELink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/0_BIRMINGHAM-CITY-PROMOTION-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  \/>Birmingham City Champions 2024\/25 <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">RECORD-BREAKING Birmingham City are back in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Chris Davies&#8217; side passed the 100-point mark on their way to taking the League One title this season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1746598463_180_0_BIRMINGHAM-CITY-PROMOTION-1.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">And this Birmingham Mail <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.regionalnewspapers.co.uk\/birmingham-city-champions-4559-p.asp?utm_source=Birmingham+City+Promotion-Birminghamlive&amp;utm_medium=Birmingham+City+Promotion-Birminghamlive-Factbox&amp;utm_campaign=Birmingham+City+Promotion&amp;utm_id=Birmingham+City+Promotion\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">promotion special<\/a> charts the brilliant Blues&#8217; path to glory, with match-by-match analysis, reaction, comment, brilliant celebration pictures and a Champions poster in the middle pages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.regionalnewspapers.co.uk\/birmingham-city-champions-4559-p.asp?utm_source=Birmingham+City+Promotion-Birminghamlive&amp;utm_medium=Birmingham+City+Promotion-Birminghamlive-Factbox&amp;utm_campaign=Birmingham+City+Promotion&amp;utm_id=Birmingham+City+Promotion\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy now<\/a> and have it delivered directly to your door. Alternatively you can purchase in most supermarkets, high street retailers and independent newsagents in Birmingham<strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"> <\/strong>from May 9, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Davies played 44 games on loan at Birmingham City from Rangers last seasonBen Davies enjoyed a successful&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[42706,855,1205,42707,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-90082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-ben-davies","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-birmingham-city-fc","11":"tag-birmingham-city-fc-transfer-news","12":"tag-britain","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114483635754886241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90082","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=90082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}