Birmingham City fan pundit keen to see Blues seal permanent Nottingham Forest transfer agreement

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Birmingham City forward Lyle Taylor is the one loanee the Blues have the most realistic chance of signing permanently during the summer window of all their current temporary players, according to FLW’s Birmingham fan pundit Tom Oxland who dropped his prediction.

The 31-year-old has already become a fan favourite at St Andrew’s after scoring three times in his opening four league appearances for the Blues since his loan move from Nottingham Forest in the latter stages of last month.

Following his move to the City Ground after the expiration of his contract at Charlton Athletic in the summer of 2020, he failed to impress during his first season with Forest and although he scored on the opening day of the 2021/22 campaign at Coventry City, his fortunes failed to improve this term.

With this, he was shipped out on loan to the West Midlands to link up with Lee Bowyer during the winter window, a man he knows well from their time together at former club Charlton and has hit the ground running alongside other January additions including Onel Hernandez and Juninho Bacuna, with the latter arriving on a permanent deal from Rangers.

Taylor, on the other hand, is only scheduled to be at St Andrew’s until the end of the campaign before returning to Steve Cooper’s men, though it remains to be seen whether he’s deemed surplus to requirements, with promotion for the Reds likely to see him frozen out of the first-team picture for the long term.

One fan that would jump at the chance to recruit him permanently is FLW’s