Football

CITY

• Birmingham City 0-1 Port Vale live: Jaheim Headley opens the scoring

  Birmingham City host Port Vale in the second round of the Carabao Cup this evening

• Ben Davies opens up on Rangers exit and his big Birmingham City takeaway

  The former Birmingham City loan player has joined Oxford United and looks to have played his last game with Rangers

• Birmingham City favourite trains with Championship rivals in contract quest

  Birmingham City academy product Nathan Redmond was linked with a return to St Andrew's earlier this year

• Phil Neumann tells Hannover 96 what he wanted after Birmingham City transfer row

  The Birmingham City centre back has made a strong start to life in English football - but it could have come so much sooner

• Doyle, Fujimoto and Koumas start in predicted Birmingham City line-up for Port Vale

  Birmingham City take on League One side Port Vale in the Carabao Cup second round this evening

VILLA

• Emi Buendia transfer update as Bundesliga club register interest

  Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart are intersted in signing Aston Villa's Emi Buendía

• Nicolas Jackson transfer 'confirmed' as Aston Villa set to learn bitter truth

  The Chelsea striker's agent has been discussing his future amid '30 goals in two seasons' claim ahead of Stamford Bridge exit

• Dean Smith's Aston Villa signing trains with Championship club in bid to earn contract

  Aston Villa had striker Danny Ings on their books for 18 months between 2021 and 2023 before he left for West Ham

• Aston Villa could make surprise transfer U-turn after unforeseen development

  Aston Villa transfer latest with reports coming out of Poland claiming the loan spell of Oliwier Zych is in doubt

• Aston Villa could rival Wolves in race to seal €30m midfielder transfer

  Aston Villa transfer latest as links emerge in Spain involving them and the future of Barcelona midfielder Marc Casado