Birmingham landed “heroic” Sanderson upgrade this month

Whilst Birmingham City have found out on occasion this season that League One isn’t a complete walk in the park, with a shock defeat to Shrewsbury Town still sticking out from late November, the Blues do look set for an immediate return to the Championship.

Sat comfortably near the top of the division, with recent big wins such as the 3-0 victory picked up at Wigan Athletic showing off their class, Chris Davies will just hope his team continue to pick up more wins away from any defeats creeping in which could make clashes more tense near the close of the 46-game marathon.

Whatever does happen between now and the final game of the regular League One season, Dion Sanderson will not play any further role, with the one-time Blues captain now chucked out to Blackburn Rovers on loan.

Sanderson’s future at Birmingham

Amazingly, despite being deemed as surplus to requirements at St. Andrew’s, the reserve defender has managed to jump up a league to join the Riversiders.

This move to Ewood Park has come about owing to Sanderson’s past connections with John Eustace, who is now manager at Blackburn after a successful spell in the West Midlands was surprisingly cut short.

Coincidentally, the new Blackburn man would power home this header during Eustace’s final match in charge, with the 25-year-old a standout performer for the Blues last season even as the bitter blow of relegation became reality by collecting a respectable ten clean sheets from 37 league appearances.

But, with Davies securing the services of Christoph Klarer before a ball was kicked this campaign to strengthen at the back, his minutes have dried up, with just two league games coming his way in 2024/25.