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Christoph Klarer - up there with the best

Chris Davies sings the praises of centre-half Christoph Klarer, the totemic presence at the back for Blues

22.10.26, 21:12 Updated 22.10.26, 21:13

Colossal. That's one of several adjectives Chris Davies uses to describe Christoph Klarer.

The Blues captain has established himself one of the best centre-halves in the Championship.

And Davies, who has worked at Liverpool, Celtic, Leicester City and Tottenham Hotspur, reckons in terms of professionalism, the Austrian is as good as any he has coached or managed.

"He is consistently excellent and he is consistently excellent every day in training," Davies says.

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Colin Tattum

covered Blues for the Birmingham Mail & Sports Argus as correspondent & chief sports writer for 28 years before becoming head of media & communications at St. Andrew's in 2014. Most recently he worked in academy talent ID & recruitment before returning full circle by joining renowned journalist Neil Moxley with the launch of Forever Blues.

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