Birmingham City-focused Twitter account @BCFC_News caught the attention of many Blues supporters recently after they posted a tweet that included a link to an article that was recently published by BirminghamLive, which claims that Kerim Mrabti will depart St. Andrew’s this summer.
The report states that while Mrabti’s contract is currently set to expire at the end of June, he “will temporarily extend” his deal to feature in Birmingham’s remaining nine games of the 2019/20 campaign, with the Championship currently set to restart on the weekend of 20th June.
However, this report also claims that an option for the club to extend Mrabti’s current deal by another year “has not been invoked” and the attacker is looking at other options at present.
A lot of Blues fans have been sharing their thoughts on this alleged news in response to @BCFC_News’ tweet.
Will you be sad to see him go? #bcfc #kro https://t.co/WzyoeF4gZK
— Birmingham City News (@BCFC_News) June 3, 2020
Plenty of Birmingham supporters replied to this post by stating that they disagree with this decision, with one Blues fan stating that this “makes no sense at all”.
This makes no sense at all. It’s not like Blues have lots of other attacking options.
— Baribandgeek (@Baribandgeek) June 3, 2020
Disappointed with that decision he has a lot more to offer at the right age as well ??????????
— Michael Edwards (@BcfcMichael) June 3, 2020
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What an awful decision
— Matt Chance (@_chancey_) June 3, 2020
Absolute terrible decision adds squad depth and work rate !!!
— Ash (@Ashley25a) June 3, 2020
Would you like to see Kerim Mrabti at St. Andrew's next season?YES, KEEP HIM
NO, LET HIM GO
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Absolute joke of a decision. Current climate no money coming into the club etc would be smart to keep him
— Mark (@Bartinho19) June 3, 2020
Yes! Terrible decision. Are we gonna have any players left next season?
— Sean_The_Blue?????????? (On loan at BVB) (@SeanDaBlue) June 3, 2020
However, some Blues supporters did seem to be in agreement with this decision, with one Birmingham fan stating that Mrabti doesn’t have the quality that the club needs.
His versatility is handy but I’m not really sure what he offers the team.
— James (@bcfcjames) June 3, 2020
Why? he is decent but no more. can’t score goals regularly doesn’t create regularly has no pace. ok for the squad but Hogan shows that we need far better quality
— Gilharry (@Gilharry2) June 4, 2020
Mrabti has featured in 15 league games for Blues during the 2019/20 campaign. The attacker has scored just two Championship goals and provided just one league assist this term, according to WhoScored. With that in mind, it may be understandable why Birmingham City have made the decision to part ways with the 26-year-old.