Championship: Birmingham City team up with EU Cornella (Segunda Division B, Spain) for training

Birmingham City FC (Sky Bet Championship) have teamed up with EU Cornella (Segunda Division B, Spanish third division) for the training and development of its players and coaches, announced the English club on 23/10/2017.

"We initially launched an idea about giving players some exposure in a foreign environment to aid their development. We sent three boys to Freiburg in Germany last year. Subsequently, the new chief executive (Xuandong Ren) has been keen for us to forge further links and started discussions about a partnership with Cornella, in Barcelona (Spain)," said Kristjaan Speakman, Birmingham City FC's academy manager.

"The final part of it would be things like pre-season trips, coach education - we have a group of coaches going out there in February. Pre-season would potentially be out in Barcelona. And it is just getting a sharing platform for all levels about what we do," said Kristjaan Speakman.

• Birmingham City FC are 22^nd (out of 24 clubs) in the 2017-18 Sky Bet Championship after 16 matchdays with 12 points (3 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses).
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