Jeremie in pledge to get the Blues fans off their seats
JEREMIE Boga plans to excite the Birmingham City fans after joining on a season-long loan from Premier League champions Chelsea.
Boga became Blues’ eighth signing of the summer transfer window on Monday.
The 20-year-old French-born Ivory Coast international will link up with a Blues squad who have lost three of their opening five Championship fixtures and will be looking to provide the creative spark Redknapp’s side have been lacking in the opening month of the season.
“For the fans I will say I’m going to be an exciting player,” explained Boga.
“I like to dribble, I like to make things happen, so hopefully I will make them happy.
“I think I’ll really enjoy my game here and hopefully I can make all the fans happy and enjoy coming to watch Birmingham play.”
Boga is the fourth loan recruit to join Blues in the space of a week. Redknapp signed Arsenal duo Cohen Bramall and Carl Jenkinson last Monday before Southampton striker Sam paper too.
Boga started Chelsea’s first game of the season against Burnley and starred on their pre-season tour, particularly during the 3-0 win over Arsenal. He will make his Blues debut against Norwich next Saturday, September 9.
Redknapp was still looking for as many as four new players before the deadline at 11pm on Thursday.
But he isn’t a fan of having to do business at the death and said: “It’s Gallagher put pen to important to get your players in before the season starts. Half of my time is taken up running around trying to find players and it shouldn’t be really, I should just be concentrating on the team.
“I don’t want to be like a lunatic trying to find players, that’s the last thing I want to do really.
“People think I enjoy it, but I hate it. All that last-day runaround trying to find players is not the way to do it.”
Redknapp wanted to sign players before the deadline anyway, but Saturday’s defeat to Reading highlighted the desperate need for even more new blood.
And the manager now wants to use the transfer kitty handed to him by owners Trillion Trophy Asia.
“It’s nice when you’ve got a good team and you don’t need any players, that’s a lovely position to be in,” he added.
“But when you’re chasing and you know you still need three or four, then you’re busy.
“There will be a lot of people trying to improve their squads.
“This is such a tough division and everybody is having a go. The rewards are so great to get into the Premier League.” still