Jay Stansfield stars on his old stomping ground as Fulham see off Birmingham.

Birmingham City will sit and watch from afar with interest Fulham’s transfer movements in the coming weeks as they wait to discover if their pursuit to bring back Jay Stansfield will bear fruit this month. Striker Stansfield is a top Blues target in the remainder of this transfer window after his highly successful loan last year, that despite the fact that the club have slipped into League One.

especially when it comes to transfer budget and targets in the market. That has already been evident; Blues have signed Championship goalkeepers, League One’s reigning Golden Boot holder and players from the continent

Jay Stansfield refused to celebrate his goal on his return to Birmingham as Fulham cruised to a 2-0 Carabao Cup second-round win.

Stansfield, 21, who was Birmingham’s multiple player ยูฟ่าเบท https://ufabet999.app of the year and 13-goal top scorer last season, netted after 14 minutes after Raul Jimenez’s 10th-minute penalty gave Fulham the lead.

Birmingham – who are set to sign QPR striker Lyndon Dykes for around £1.5m – hit the bar through Willum Willumson’s blistering free-kick.

But Fulham’s Premier League quality shone despite 11 changes to their line-up.

For League One hot favourites City, defeat ended their unbeaten four-match run.

The Londoners won a penalty with their first serious attack after a handball by City left-back Alex Cochrane. Former Wolves striker Jimenez kept his nerve to coolly roll the ball to the left of goalkeeper Ryan Allsop, who went the opposite way.