Sources: Birmingham City player closes in on summer transfer
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(Credit: Imago, Getty) Sources: Kyogo Furuhashi closes in on Birmingham transfer after confirmed news Fri 27 February 2026 18:00, UK Kyogo Furuhashi looks set to leave Birmingham City in the summer transfer window after a tough season following his move from Rennes.The Japan international has failed to find his feet at Birmingham this season, and is increasingly likely to leave the club this summer.He has scored just once in 26 Championship appearances so far this term, and last featured under Chris Davies on 24 January.Kyogo was linked with a move back to Celtic last month, while Football Insider revealed that Swansea City had registered their interest in his services, but neither move materialised.As I revealed on the latest edition of Football Insider’s Transfer Insider podcast, he is now set to leave Birmingham in the summer unless he can force his way back into Davies’ plans before the end of the campaign.Read more: Championship promotion race: Supercomputer makes playoff prediction after Birmingham latest MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES Kyogo will leave Birmingham if he does not start playing regularlyThe 31-year-old scored 86 goals in 167 appearances for Celtic between 2021 and 2025, but failed to build on that success as he moved to Rennes but played just six times in the second half of last season for the Ligue 1 side.Kyogo has struggled to make an impact in the English second-tier this term, and Blues’ January spending has pushed him even further down Davies pecking order for game time in attack.Speaking on the Transfer Insider podcast, I explained: “I think it’s probably looking more and more likely that Kyogo will end up leaving Birmingham come the summer. He’s fallen down the pecking order at St Andrew’s.
“Birmingham did spend quite a bit in the January window to strengthen their attacking options, so he’s found himself a bit out of favour under Chris Davies in recent weeks.“Kyogo just hasn’t been able to show his best form at Birmingham. He’s only got three goals in 29 appearances, so hasn’t been able to recapture the form that he showed in his time at Celtic.”Read more: Birmingham City fans roast ‘selfish’ Jay Stansfield after what he did vs MillwallKyogo could leave Birmingham in the coming weeks after Davies’ admissionWhile the January window has long since closed in England, clubs from different parts of the world are still able to sign players ahead of the start of their respective league seasons.Kyogo has been linked with a move to a Major League Soccer side recently, with their window set to close at the end of March, and Blues boss Davies refused to rule out such a move for the striker last week.He said: “There’s been talk of that (joining an MLS team).
From my point of view, this is our squad and this is how it stays.“If something there comes up that has to be looked at, then obviously we will respect the player and everything else, as we do in open transfer window time.”