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He’s had trials with West Ham, Bournemouth and an unnamed top four club who I understand to be Man City.

At the end of this period, he’ll come back to Birmingham. The question stands again - can he do enough to convince Gary Rowett that he wants to stay or be kept at Birmingham?

He’s still under contract. He’ll still train with the under-21s, there’s still time for whatever pennies that need to drop to drop.

My sincere hope is that whatever has been missing from his relationship with the club or the club’s relationship with him, whichever party it doesn’t seem to be working for, something can be sorted because it would be a real shame for such a talent to walk out the door, and not be fulfilled in a Birmingham City shirt.

We’ve become used to seeing guys like Demarai Gray and Nathan Redmond come through the system and be a success so it would be very nice if Reece could be another one.