“Corberan’s representatives may have been in contact with Birmingham, but to even put his name in with the vacancy at St. Andrew’s is completely and utterly baffling” – Football writers share their thoughts on Blues approach for West Bromwich boss

Birmingham City are still in search for a potential manager to take over there affairs of the club in League One as they await the next season.

Having gone through a great deal of managerial changes last season and eventually ending up in the third tier of English Football, the Blues ownership are looking to make the right decision by picking a manager who can take them back to the Championship and even to the Premier League.

Recently, the likes of Alex Neil and a few other managers have been rumored to be in talks with Blues management as regards the position of a manager for the League One side.

According to Football Insider, West Bromwich boss, Carlos Corberan is the latest name to appear on Birmingham City’s radar and it is not yet known if Birmingham approached him or not.

However, a lot of persons seem to believe that Carlos Corberan who happens to be one of the biggest managers in Championship football would want to go down to League One with the Blues Side.

Carlos Corberan had seen West To a fifth place finish in the Championship last season before eventually losing the play offs semi finals which would have seen them play Premier League football had they won the play offs.

Here is what two Football writers had to say about Carlos Corberan’s managerial potential for Birmingham City.

James Reeves

In truth, you would have to say that Birmingham have absolutely no chance of convincing Corberan to join the club.

Corberan is one of the most highly-rated managers in the Championship, and it would be an incredibly strange move for him to drop down to League One.

Newly-promoted Premier League side Leicester are said to be keen on Corberan, and he has also been linked with Burnley, who will be among the promotion favourites in the Championship next season, so both of those clubs are surely more attractive propositions for Corberan than Birmingham.

Corberan has built up a strong relationship with the West Brom fan base, so it seems unlikely he would leave the Baggies for one of their local rivals, and if he is unhappy with the off-field issues he has experienced at The Hawthorns, the turbulent first year of Tom Wagner’s ownership at St Andrew’s must give him serious reservations about taking the Blues job.

Birmingham should be commended for setting their sights high in their managerial search, but targeting a move for Corberan is way too ambitious.

Ben Wignall

Anyone thinking that Corberan would swap a team that finished in the Championship’s play-off spots last season for a club quite simply is living in the clouds.

Corberan’s representatives may have been in contact with Birmingham, but to even put his name in with the vacancy at St. Andrew’s – given he is also being linked with Burnley and Leicester City – is completely and utterly baffling.

From his time at Huddersfield and now West Brom, Corberan is proving to be one of the top head coaches in the Championship, and there is absolutely no doubt whatsoever that he wouldn’t take a step down into the third tier of English football.

If it is Birmingham that have made the approach, then it’s commendable and very ambitious of them, but perhaps they need to be a little more realistic on who they are interested in, given that they are now in League One and not the Championship.