Birmingham City have confirmed that Dion Sanderson will be playing his football at St Andrew's next season.

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In a statement posted on the club website, the Blues announced that they were "delighted" to confirm the signing of the Wolverhampton Wanderers centre-back, who will be joining Lee Bowyer's side on a season-long loan deal.

The statement continued by saying that the 21-year-old was very much a player "in demand" this summer, with Newcastle United, Sheffield United and Sunderland all reported to be keen on the defender.

Finally, the club relayed the comments of Sanderson speaking in reaction to his switch to St Andrew's, with the centre-back stating: "I am delighted and so excited. Once I heard the news, I couldn't wait to get it done. As soon as I came in today, I have just had a big smile on my face. It's unbelievable to be here.

"I think they have a great team [here] and it's a big club. Hopefully, it's a chance for me to play, to impress the head coach and help the team out and fight their way up the table."

Bowyer surely buzzing

Considering just how impressive Sanderson had been while on loan at Sunderland last season, along with the significant amount of interest in his services from a number of clubs in the summer transfer window, the fact that the Blues have managed to get a deal over the line for the 21-year-old can easily be viewed as a massive coup for Birmingham, with the signing sure to have left Bowyer buzzing.

Indeed, over his 26 League One appearances for Lee Johnson's side last term, the £135k-rated defender helped his side to keep eight clean sheets, along with averaging 0.9 interceptions, one tackle and 2.7 clearances and winning 4.3 duels per game.

These returns saw the man Kevin Phillips dubbed a "superb" player earn an average SofaScore match rating of 6.92, ranking him as the Black Cats' 13th-best performer in the third tier of English football.

His displays played a key role in helping Sunderland reach the League One play-off semi-finals, as well as seeing him pick up the club's Supporters Young Player of the Year award.

As such, it would very much seem as if Sanderson is yet another fantastic addition to Bowyer's side ahead of the upcoming Championship campaign, with the 44-year-old having already secured the arrivals of Jordan Graham, Chuks Aneke, Juan Familia-Castillo, Tahith Chong and Ryan Woods this summer.

Indeed, with Birmingham very much appearing to be a club on the up under the leadership of Bowyer, it is looking increasingly unlikely that the Blues will be facing a relegation fight once again next season, with the signing of Sanderson perhaps even creating the possibility of the club mounting a push for a top-six finish.

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