Yahoo News Chris Davies makes ‘none of that’ pledge over Birmingham City’s transfer plans
Chris Davies will do his due diligence to ensure Birmingham City recruit the right characters to lead their charge to win promotion from League One.
New Blues boss Davies will oversee a big summer rebuild after 10 players from last season’s squad departed. Further departures aren’t beyond the realms of possibility with the likes of Ethan Laird, Krystian Bielik, Paik Seung-ho and Jordan James likely to command suitors.
Experienced duo John Ruddy and Lukas Jutkiewicz are out of contract at the end of this month. Jutkiewicz is expected to take his Blues career into a ninth season but Ruddy has already spoken to other clubs and could move on.
During his second interview with Blues TV, Davies emphasised the importance of signing the right people, as well as players. “For me it’s critical,” he said. “I don’t want to be successful with bad people.
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“I want to be successful with good characters who are aligned in terms of the respect that they show others and the way they behave. If you want to be a successful team then you need that.
“There’s the football side but one of the first things I’ll ask when I’m looking at a player is for character references from people I know because we’ve all seen wonderful footballers that are very difficult to manage and they just don’t fit. There will be none of that.
“The people that come are going to want to be here, they are going to be very committed and good footballers as well.”
