Birmingham City have an interest in Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Tommy Doyle
Birmingham City have shown interest in Wolves midfielder Tommy Doyle
Birmingham City have shown interest in Wolves midfielder Tommy Doyle
Birmingham City have held talks with Wolverhampton Wanderers over a deal for midfielder Tommy Doyle, BirminghamLive understands.
Blues have shown interest in the former England under-21 playmaker and have held talks with Wolves over the conditions of the deal, but nothing has yet been agreed between the two clubs.
Blues are looking to sign a new midfielder to compete with first choice pairing Tomoki Iwata and Paik Seung-ho, and Doyle is on their list of targets.
The 23-year-old joined Wolves two years ago from Manchester City, initially on loan before the transfer was made permanent for around £4m this time last year.
Doyle has made 50 Premier league appearances for Wolves, including 24 last term, but he has fallen out of favour under Portuguese boss Vitor Pereira.
Pereira has questioned Doyle’s suitability to Wolves’ counter-attacking style in the Premier League.
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He said: “Technically-speaking, he’s a very good player, but in my opinion he’s missing the physicality to face this league.
“To run 50 metres, to come back 50 metres and then go 50 metres again. We are not a team to have 80 per cent of possession, so he has problems. If we are a team that has the ball every time, doesn’t allow counter-attacks and keeps the ball to dominate the opponent, this is the team for him.
“But we need to understand that we face top teams, top players. We need to run a lot and he’s missing this physicality, especially when we play with two midfielders.
“With three midfielders, I believe he is a 10 with high quality. The last pass, shots, crosses – he has those skills.”
Doyle recently became a father and wouldn’t have to relocate if he joined Blues. He earned promotion from the Championship two years ago as part of a Sheffield United side that finished second to Burnley.
Premier League side Sunderland have also been linked with a move for Doyle.
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