02-09-2022, 16:48
Birmingham City have signed full-back Emmanuel Longelo on loan from West Ham.
The 21-year-old is Birmingham's seventh signing of the summer transfer window and he will spend the rest of the 2022-23 campaign at the Championship club.
It is a first loan for Longelo, who made his senior West Ham debut as a second-half substitute in a 5-1 EFL Cup win over Hull in September 2020.
His only other appearance - and first start - came in last season's 1-0 home Europa League loss to Dynamo Zagreb.
"I am here to play games and get experience as well," Longelo told the Birmingham website.
"To come to a team like Birmingham, it will help me develop a lot."
Birmingham City have signed Manchester United winger Tahith Chong, for a fee believed to be around £1.5m.
After impressing over the first half of last season at St Andrew's until suffering a thigh injury, he has returned to sign a five-year contract.
Chong, 22, is the second United player to join Birmingham this week.
He follows midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, who moved to the struggling Championship club - Blues' sixth loan made by new boss John Eustace.
Although Chong went on Manchester United's summer tour of Thailand and Australia, he was told that he could leave if a suitable offer came in - and Blues have now signed the Netherlands Under-21 international.
City, who are in the process of going through a takeover, are 22nd in the Championship, with just one win from their first seven games.
The 21-year-old is Birmingham's seventh signing of the summer transfer window and he will spend the rest of the 2022-23 campaign at the Championship club.
It is a first loan for Longelo, who made his senior West Ham debut as a second-half substitute in a 5-1 EFL Cup win over Hull in September 2020.
His only other appearance - and first start - came in last season's 1-0 home Europa League loss to Dynamo Zagreb.
"I am here to play games and get experience as well," Longelo told the Birmingham website.
"To come to a team like Birmingham, it will help me develop a lot."
Birmingham City have signed Manchester United winger Tahith Chong, for a fee believed to be around £1.5m.
After impressing over the first half of last season at St Andrew's until suffering a thigh injury, he has returned to sign a five-year contract.
Chong, 22, is the second United player to join Birmingham this week.
He follows midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, who moved to the struggling Championship club - Blues' sixth loan made by new boss John Eustace.
Although Chong went on Manchester United's summer tour of Thailand and Australia, he was told that he could leave if a suitable offer came in - and Blues have now signed the Netherlands Under-21 international.
City, who are in the process of going through a takeover, are 22nd in the Championship, with just one win from their first seven games.
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