Middlesbrough has entered the race for Chuba Akpom, Talksport understands.
The championship side tries to kidnap Birmingham’s deal for the striker.
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Ajax is expected to leave Akpom, according to reports that he was banned from training the first team this summer.
In the second half of last season, a loan magic followed in the French side of Lille.
Birmingham has already agreed a seasonal loan contract with Ajax for Akpom.
Your business includes the obligation to buy the 29-year-old when he is promoted to the Premier League.
In the meantime, Boro has not yet made an agreement with Ajax, but has submitted an offer.
It is now the player’s decision which club he joined before the new season.
The newly widespread Birmingham has already issued more than £ 9 million for 10 new obligations.
Akpom previously spent three years with Boro before moving to the Netherlands in 2023.
During this time he scored 34 goals in 82 appearances in all competitions.
The former English U21 international also won the Golden Stiefel championship during the 2022/23 campaign.
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A return to the Riverside Stadium would see that Akpom Rob Edwards will be the third signing of the summer.
The new Boro boss said this week about BBC Radio Tees: “We have to make the trailers believe again.
“If we all drive this thing together, it helps, but I know that this is on us. We have to show a level of performance and win enough games to get your support.
“I want us to be aggressive, quickly attack, have a right to leave everything out there.
“This is the message that we forgive to the boys every day. But that’s all I ever wanted from one of my teams.”
Defender Alfie Jones signed with the midfielder Abdoulaye edge from Hull, who arrived from the French Side Troyes.
Boro starts the new campaign at home in Swansea on Saturday.
In the meantime, you will take the first meeting with Birmingham on the Riverside during this term in November.