Was wondering why Tyriek wasn't involved against Liverpool.
Birmingham City are willing to offload some of their top academy players as part of a potentially money-spinning scheme, The Athletic can reveal.A number of youngsters are either attracting interest from rival clubs or trying to secure a move away from Birmingham after the club announced plans for a major overhaul of their youth set-up.Last month we exclusively revealed how the club were considering changing their under-23 and under-18 teams to B and C teams in the future — similar to the model at Brentford. Ditching youth development below the under-18 level was also a move under discussion, and still remains a possibility, even though plans for Category 1 status (the highest level under the Elite Player Performance Plan) are moving forward.England youth international Calum Scanlon recently told the club he would not be signing on as a scholar and was quickly offloaded to Liverpool who paid around £500,000 for the 15-year-old.Rico Browne, 17, is expected to be the next player out the door. The first-year scholar is highly-rated and played in the FA Youth Cup as a schoolboy last year but Birmingham City will not stand in his way if they receive a suitable offer.Multiple sources have told The Athletic this is also the situation for other players in the club’s academy at an even younger age.Local Premier League rivals Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers are looking to take advantage and have already drawn up a list of targets. Both clubs are recruiting aggressively to bolster their age-group teams across the board and see this as a quick way to strengthen.Villa recently signed 13-year-old goalkeeper Sam Proctor from Peterborough United for a maximum compensation fee of £100,000 and now — according to several academy recruitment and scouting sources — have the leading under-13s player at St Andrew’s on their radar. A number of other clubs, including Wolves, have their eye on a few more top academy talents.
Hereford fans are really really strange
Just a quick mention about Raikhy. Made his 1st team debut last week, this week made his League debut for the U23 side.