Sources: Birmingham City to submit offer for Wolves star Dion Sanderson after rejected bids
Birmingham City will increase their efforts to land loan signing Dion Sanderson from Wolves permanently in January, sources have told Football Insider.
The defender, 22, is part of a Birmingham defence that has the second-best defensive record in the Championship after joining from Molineux in the summer.
Wolves rejected bids from Sunderland in the summer transfer window for Sanderson but they are open to offers in the next window.
Birmingham are now pushing to convert Sanderson's loan into a permanent deal and will submit an offer going into January.
This comes amid doubts over the future of George Hall, who could leave in January and secure a sizeable fee amid interest from Leeds United.
Football Insider revealed on Tuesday (8 November) that the Whites are lining up a new bid for the 18-year-old sensation after having a £3million offer rejected.
Sanderson, who joined on a season-long loan last summer, has started all but one of Birmingham's 20 Championship games this season - playing 90 minutes in each fixture.
The defender's second spell at St Andrew's is the latest in a succession of loan moves which have seen him also ply his trade at QPR, Sunderland, and Cardiff.
The Midlands-born ace is out of contract at Wolves in the summer of 2025.
He has made just one senior appearance for his boyhood club - a start against Aston Villa in the League Cup in 2019.
Birmingham sit 10th in the Championship despite a meagre transfer spend of just £1.5million during the summer window.
The Blues face Sunderland on Saturday (12 November) in their last game before the World Cup.