Sheffield Wednesday's relegation rivals set to offload midfielder to another side fearing the drop

Birmingham City and QPR may both be entrenched, like Sheffield Wednesday, in a relegation battle at the bottom of the Championship but that isn't preventing them doing business together.

Reports suggest that Andre Dozzell could be the first new player through the door at St Andrew's since Tony Mowbray took over from Wayne Rooney.

The midfielder has been a regular in the team this season but it appears that Rangers are prepared to offload the former Ipswich man, even to a rival.

The Telegraph report that Dozzell is 'close' to joining Birmingham on loan for the remainder of the season, with the Blues currently seven points outside the relegation zone. Indications are that QPR are looking to make room in their squad for their own new signings as they look to pull themselves out of the bottom three. Rangers are a place below Wednesday in 23rd and a point worse off than the Owls who are four points off fourth-bottom Huddersfield.

Mowbray indicated in his pre-match press conference yesterday that Birmingham were closing in on their first singing.

“I think we are getting closer,” he told Birmingham Live. “There’s been a lot of recruitment stuff going on. We have to do this [press conference], then I’ve got something else to do. Part of something else I’ve got to do is recruitment and the potential of talking to a player that we are potentially thinking about signing.”