As The Pitch Prospect has learned, Birmingham have completed a deal for Charlton striker Alfie May.
The Blues have taken advantage of the transfer of fellow relegated side Huddersfield Town to last season’s League One top scorer.
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May said goodbye to Charlton on Friday as reports of his possible departure emerged.
The 30-year-old joined The Valley last summer after signing a two-year deal from Cheltenham Town for a reported £250,000 transfer fee.
He stormed to the League One Golden Boot with 23 league goals and helped save the Addicks from relegation to League Two.
May was also named Charlton Player of the Year.
The Gravesend-born goalscorer played for Millwall as a youth but was released at the age of 14.
A career in the amateur league followed before he was signed by Doncaster Rovers in 2017.
In the calendar year 2023, May scored more goals than Manchester City’s outstanding goalscorer Erling Haaland.
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In League One, he scored 30 goals for Cheltenham and then Charlton, surpassing the Norwegian’s Premier League tally by one.
May has an impressive record in the third division: he scored 22 goals in the 2022/23 season and also scored 26 times in the 2021/22 season.
Birmingham, on the other hand, is about to play its first season in this league since 1995.
The Blues were eliminated on the last matchday of the Championship season together with Huddersfield and Rotherham.