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Birmingham City brought 12 players to the club in the summer transfer window in a bid to add two elements to what was already a strong squad.

Fresh from storming League One, there was no laurel-resting, public utterances from the higher-ups spoke about going again, emulating Ipswich and winning back to back promotions.

To achieve that Chris Davies knew he needed to recruit players with a history of winning things and leadership.

Demarai Gray arrived with a Premier League winner's medal, albeit one with the qualification that he was a young bit-part player when it was achieved.

Bright Osayi-Samuel had helped Blackpool to promotion to the Championship, Marvin Ducksch helped put Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga, while Kyogo Furuhashi won nine trophies at Celtic.

Even the lo

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