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Allowing these two players to leave is smart business

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In the summer, Birmingham City attracted the most attention in the transfer market than they have for years. Whether that was because Harry Redknapp was in charge or just because we had more money to spend remains to be questioned.

Despite having a ‘warchest’ of money to spend, Redknapp also utilised the loan market very well bringing in the likes of Sam Gallagher from Southampton and Jeremie Boga from Chelsea, but not all loans work out like those two have,

An example of this would be the loan signings of Arsenal due Carl Jenkinson and Cohen Bramall.

25-year-old Jenkinson arrived at Blues as part of a double deal involving his Gunners team-mate Bramall and there were high hopes for the right back.

However, during his debut against Reading, a game that Blues went onto lose, he suffered a dislocated shoulder and has now been injured for four months.

Although he is rumoured to be close to being back to full fitness, it is unlikely that he will now be able to budge the confident Maxime Colin from the right full back spot.

On the opposite side, 21-year-old Bramall has made just three appearances for Blues this season, two in the league and one in the Carabao Cup, all three of which have ended in defeat.

Again, Bramall came to Blues highly regarded by those at Arsenal, and even though we have seen glimpses of what he is capable of, he hasn’t be able to knock Jonathan Grounds out of the team because the former Oldham Athletic left back has been superb this season.

With chances limited for the pair, manager Steve Cotterill is now considering sending the duo back down south, back to their parent club and I think this could turn out to be a very smart piece of business from the former Bristol City boss.

Blues are looking into the loan market as we speak but have limited availability as to what they are able to bring in due to rules and regulations so with two less loanees on the books it means that Cotterill is able to look for better quality players.

Personally I feel as though sending Jenkinson and Bramall back to Arsenal may well turn out to be one of the best pieces of business that the club do in January if it does happen.

Blues fans, do you agree? Would you send the pair back to the Premier League side? Let us know in the comment section down below!

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