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THE LATEST BIRMINGHAM CITY NOTEBOOK INCLUDES AN FA CHARGE, THE LATEST ON DAVIES AND DOWELL, PROFITABLE DEALS AND A FORMER BLUES STRIKER 16:45, 03 Jun 2025 Birmingham City are bracing
themselves for another fine after being charged by the FA following an incident at Cambridge United in their final game of last season. The FA have charged Blues and Cambridge for an
incident which happened around the tunnel area at half-time and both clubs have until tomorrow to respond. An FA spokesperson said: “Cambridge United and Birmingham City have been charged
following the mass confrontation at their EFL League One fixture on Saturday 3 May. “It's alleged that both clubs failed to ensure their players and/or technical area occupants
didn't behave in an improper and/or provocative way around the tunnel area at half-time. “Cambridge and Birmingham City have until Wednesday 4 June to respond.” Blues have now been
charged four times for incidents of this type during the 2024/25 campaign. They have already been fined following incidents in matches versus Wrexham, Shrewsbury and Bolton. Article
continues below Blues manager Chris Davies was asked about his players’ willingness to back each other up after an altercation that went unpunished in the Good Friday draw with Crawley Town.
He said: “It’s a fine balance. We don’t want to be a team that is constantly getting in trouble, but I want them to try and look after themselves. “For me, I encourage them to stick
together on the pitch and I’ll never shy away from that. I feel like they’ve got that brothers mentality but I don’t want them to be stupid so we’ll keep an eye on it.” RANGERS PICTURE IS
BECOMING CLEARER It is no secret that Blues are interested in re-signing Rangers loan duo Ben Davies and Kieran Dowell but they have been forced to play a waiting game. Rangers have been
managerless since February and their new director of football, Kevin Thelwell, only started his job on Monday. His first task is to appoint a new manager and Russell Martin has emerged as
the overwhelming favourite in the last 24 hours. For weeks now it has been a battle between Martin and Davide Ancelotti, the son of Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti, but the ex-Swansea City and
Southampton manager appears to be heading to Ibrox. Thelwell and Martin, if he is indeed appointed, will have to quickly set about rebuilding a Rangers side that finished 17 points behind
rivals Celtic. Davies and Dowell both have a year remaining on their contracts at Ibrox and Blues would gladly sign the pair on permanent deals if the price is right. PURE PROFIT DEALS
AIDING BLUES Romelle Donovan’s permanent switch to Brentford has boosted Blues’ budget going into the summer transfer window. Donovan came through Blues’ academy so every penny of the
reported £3million – as per The Standard – will count as profit on the club’s balance sheets. And, as the transfer was completed before July 1, it will count towards this financial year’s
results. Blues could also be aided by Jobe Bellingham’s impending transfer away from Sunderland. Despite the Black Cats’ promotion to the Premier League, Bellingham is set to complete a move
to Germany and Borussia Dortmund – the club Jude Bellingham joined from Blues in 2020 – are favourites to sign the 19-year-old. Blues are expected to bag a percentage of the profit
Sunderland make from a sale which is set to be worth around £25m. Like the Donovan cash, any extras received for Bellingham will also help Blues comply with Profit and Sustainability
(P&S). EX-BLUES STRIKER RELEASED Former Blues man Chuks Aneke won’t be playing in the Championship for Charlton next season. Aneke has been released by the Addicks following their
victory over Leyton Orient in the League One play-off final. Article continues below Now 31, Aneke scored once in 28 appearances in League One last season, albeit all of them came as a
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