With ambitious owners and bold hopes for the future, Blues will be hoping to make an immediate return to the Championship and will be able to outspend the vast majority of their League One rivals, meaning they should have an impressive squad for that level.
However, perhaps the one side who may be able to splash the cash alongside them are Wrexham, and the pair should both be competing to sign one player in particular this summer.
Goalkeeper Arthur Okonkwo spent the 2023/24 campaign on loan at the Welsh side from Arsenal, helping the Red Dragons win promotion.
The 22-year-old will no doubt have suitors again this summer and Birmingham should be watching with interest.
As it stands, Birmingham City don’t have a senior goalkeeper on their books for next season with Neil Etheridge having been released, and veteran John Ruddy sees his contract at St Andrew’s expire, although he has been offered a new deal.
Should Ruddy turn down the offer of a new deal, Blues will need to sign two senior goalkeepers this summer and Okonkwo should be one of them.
After impressing at League Two level, the Arsenal man deserves the chance to play in League One next year, and Birmingham City should use their status as a huge club for League One standard to bring him to St Andrew’s ahead of next season.
