Birmingham City will be more of a physical threat with the signings they have made in January, according to head coach Chris Davies. Blues signed winger Carlos Vicente from La Liga side Deportivo Alaves for an undisclosed fee on Wednesday and Davies says there was a lot of competition for the 26-year-old. Vicente's arrival makes it five signings for Birmingham to go with the additions of striker August Priske, winger Ibrahim Osman, midfielder Jhon Solis and defender Kai Wagner. "We've improved the physicality of the team - to a point where we tried to get everything done in that summer window but you can't do everything of where we wanted to go straight away," added Davies. Birmingham visit Oxford United in the Championship on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

Source: BBC January 30, 2026 21:22 UTC