Lee Bowyer makes Birmingham City transfer admission

Birmingham City boss Lee Bowyer believes his side needs a clear out in the summer following several seasons of disappointment, speaking to Birmingham Live after their 6-1 defeat against Blackpool yesterday.

The Blues are on course for another underwhelming campaign despite their promising start to the season, climbing as high as fourth last September but are now in 20th place as they find themselves in a similar place to the one they were in when he took charge from Aitor Karanka.

They may be in a more comfortable position at this point – but this is largely due to Derby County and Reading’s point deduction as well as Peterborough United and Barnsley’s poor form this term.

If the Rams and the Royals had both escaped points deductions this term, they would be in 22nd place and one point adrift of safety, not exactly an endorsement of Bowyer as the Blues’ boss despite previously looking as though he had turned around their fortunes.

With this, there are doubts about the 44-year-old’s future with the West Midlands outfit continuing to decline – and is seemingly set to depart St Andrew’s if reports are to be believed.

But if he is given the chance to take the club forward beyond the end of the campaign, he has hinted that a rebuild could be in the pipeline with several players currently underperforming at this stage.

He said: “We need a clear out, it’s plain and simple.

“This has been going on for years now, scraping over the line, scraping over the line. Last season should have got relegated. I came in and turned it around.

“And I have just said to the players in there what they don’t realise is I have worked with most of these when they have been in trouble and they have had to dig themselves out of it.”

The Verdict:

Bowye