Birmingham City have certainly clicked into gear in recent weeks, with Chris Davies overseeing a run of four wins in his team’s last six Championship games.
A patchy run of form prior to the season raised concerns about the Blues’ ability to become an immediate force in the second tier, given the high pre-season expectations placed on last season’s League One champions and another high-profile summer spending spree under Knighthead Capital Management ownership.
Birmingham earned a lot of criticism in the early stages of the season for a lack of inventiveness and cutting edge, which persisted throughout the somewhat new-look side shaped by the former Tottenham Hotspur assistant in his second season at St. Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park.
However, after sitting in the division’s bottom five in terms of shots on target per game and goals per game, Blues have undoubtedly risen in the rankings in the last month or so, thanks to their exploits in B9 since the turn of November.
Indeed, they have scored 12 goals in their last three St. Andrew’s games, dominating against Portsmouth, Millwall, and, most recently, Norwich City in the club’s official 150th anniversary match.
Davies identified a significant tactical modification in the build-up to the first of them, with summer signing Marvin Ducksch having his first extended run in the side following a rocky start in the West Midlands after joining from Werder Bremen.
That being stated, Football League World has looked into the ESTIMATED pay amounts garnered by the imposing forward, who started his Blues account with a brace against the lowly Canaries.
How much money Marvin Ducksch receives per week at Birmingham City amid the Norwich City double?
Ducksch was one of several high-profile signings to Davies’ squad this summer, alongside £10 million recruit Kyogo Furuhashi and club record signing Jay Stansfield in the attacking department.
After signing with a calf ailment, the 31-year-old made his EFL Cup second round debut against Port Vale on August 26th, before being sidelined again between late September and mid-October due to another calf problem.
However, in the last four games, the two-time German international has served as a focal point for Davies in attack, with the towering figure capable of providing an aerial threat as well as hold-up play and intelligence, which has drawn others into action.
He was rewarded with two very simple finishes against the Canaries, which sparked wild celebrations and chants of “feed the duck and he will score” as ex-Blues favourite Mikael Forssell watched from the stands.
If such form continues, Wagner, Davies, and the Bluenoses will undoubtedly believe that a reported £1.75 million fee and a three-year contract will be justified following an injury-plagued start.
However, despite the relatively low sum in relation to some of Blues’ agreements under Knighthead, Ducksch earns a rather high weekly wage of £25,000, according to Capology, which equals to £1.3 million throughout the season.
This is a £13,000 fall in his earnings with Werder Bremen, with the aforementioned salary also making him the third-highest earner on Wagner’s payroll behind Furuhashi and Demarai Gray, who returned to his boyhood club on a free transfer this summer.
Chris Davies has often lauded Marvin Ducksch’s abilities at Birmingham City.
Despite a difficult start in terms of availability and goalscoring, Davies has consistently predicted Ducksch’s success at St. Andrew’s, and those predictions were bolstered by his outstanding performance against Norwich.
“He’s a player that will always create chances for other people around him via his link up play and his intelligence but he’s a striker and all strikers want to score goals,” the manager of the Blues explained following the game.
As a result, Ducksch’s inclusion to the squad has boosted Stansfield’s form, as he now has nine goals in all competitions this season, including a brace against the Norfolk club.
The duo will look to continue causing havoc when they face West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns on Wednesday night.
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