A new transfer twist has emerged involving Birmingham City’s German striker, Marvin Ducksch, who drew a lot of attention during the summer window.

According to Spanish writer Nacho Sanchis – via X – the 32-year-old has been left disappointed by the Championship club’s decision not to approve the forward’s return to top-flight football, with La Liga side Valencia CF exploring a last-ditch approach for his services.

The Blues’ transfer window has divided opinion among fans at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park, with only seven additions to the 41-year-old’s pre-existing team despite a plethora of late-window transfer links.

The final of those was announced just minutes before the West Midlands side’s 1-1 draw with Southampton in B9 on Tuesday night, as Canadian international winger Liam Millar agreed to a loan move from Hull City after the club was able to avoid divisional competition for his short-term acquisition.

The draw against Saints means Davies’ squad has maintained their unblemished, albeit draw-heavy start to the league season, and with the window now closed until January, the Blues manager will be hoping for no distractions in the club’s promotion push.

How Marvin Ducksch feels as Birmingham City reject a late Valencia transfer raid.

Ducksch, 32, joined Birmingham from Bundesliga side Werder Bremen last summer for a reported £1.75 million on a three-year contract as part of a major recruitment push that brought 14 players to Davies’ roster.

After a slow start, owing primarily to a pre-season injury, the two-time German international went on to score 11 goals in all competitions, but his immediate future in the Second City has been jeopardised since March by transfer speculation and a well-documented off-field incident in which he was heavily fined and banned from driving for 14 months after causing a three-way vehicle collision near the club’s training ground.

As recently as the final week of the summer window, it was rumoured that the Blues could accept a bid as little as €500,000 to complete a late transfer for Ducksch, who has expressed a desire to return to Germany.

Marvin Ducksch’s Birmingham City record.

Appearances

37

Goals

11

Assists

2

All stats are from Transfermarkt (as of 02/09/26).

However, on Deadline Day, Valencia, managed by former West Bromwich Albion manager Carlos Corberan, made a move, but the transaction, which had apparently been agreed upon between the parties in the early hours of the window’s last day, fell through.

It has been stated that the reason for such circumstances is because Ducksch was named on Davies’ bench against Southampton, albeit the forward is believed to be perplexed as to how this caused the transfer to be delayed.

Chris Davies announces Marvin Ducksch verdict following Southampton draw.

Ducksch has yet to play a significant amount of competitive football for Birmingham this season due to a pre-season injury, having made the bench in the previous three games against Bristol City, Wrexham and Southampton.

Despite the aforementioned transfer speculation, he has been an unused replacement for the past 180 minutes of play, but Davies was ready to comment on the forward’s predicament on Tuesday night.

When asked if he is likely to stay in B9, Davies replied, “Yes.

“There’s been a lot of chatter about him, but he’s been practicing and working hard, waiting for his chance. That will be the plan going ahead.

How Birmingham City fans are feeling about the Marvin Ducksch twist

As previously indicated, Ducksch has split opinion among Bluenoses, and they had much to say about the recent transfer twist.One supporter said, “Imagine being Ducksch, cancelling the transfer then not getting on the pitch. #BCFC let the man go!.”When Tuesday’s roster was confirmed, one Bluenose speculated that Davies cancelled the Ducksch loan to avoid having to bench a player.Ducksch on the bench when he was supposed to sign with Valencia an hour earlier sounds promising. Another verdict was, “Long, long season ahead.”

However, not everyone agreed that the German should leave, with one fan saying, “Don’t mind Ducksch staying, he’s had a year learning the league and was top quality at times, albeit a luxury player.” If no one else joins Millar, it appears that he will play a significant role.

Marvin Ducksch can still provide plenty to Birmingham City in the immediate term.

Although Ducksch is likely to be upset that a top-flight move has not come his way, he can still provide plenty of value to Birmingham in the immediate term, thus increasing his chances of a January escape.

The German has played centre-forward and ‘number 10’, indicating that he can still provide adequate depth behind Jay Stansfield and August Priske, though it was telling that Davies chose to bring Paik Seung-ho and Luis Vazquez into the fray in midweek rather than the experienced figure.