'Bid accepted' as Birmingham City 'hijack' Huddersfield's offer for 23-goal Charlton striker

That’s according to Football Insider, who claim the St Andrew’s outfit have bettered the Trotters’ £750,000 bid for League One’s top scorer last season. 

A £775,000 offer is reported to have been lodged and accepted by the Addicks - allowing the 30-year-old to begin negotiations with the Blues ahead of a potential move.

Huddersfield’s bid was also welcomed by Charlton, who signed May from Cheltenham for £250,000 last summer. Yet, Birmingham’s 11th-hour offer has put them in the driving seat as new boss Chris Davies looks to assemble a squad capable of returning to the Championship at the first time of asking.

May, who has a year remaining on his current Valley contract, has scored 66 goals over the past three seasons in League One, with last term’s tally of 23 surpassing that of Portsmouth striker Colby Bishop (21) and Barnsley’s Devante Cole (18).

He’s clearly a player who knows where the back of the net in the third tier, and that’s exactly what Birmingham need as they look to navigate their way through what looks a tricky division next season.

Blues’ top scorer last term was on-loan Fulham forward Jay Stansfield, who bagged 12 league goals at the St Andrew’s side finished third from bottom in the Championship table. Second behind Stansfield was midfielder Jordan James with eight.

Davies made keeper Ryan Allsop his first signing as Blues boss last week, with the stopper arriving for an undisclosed fee. Everything is now pointing to May being his second transfer of the window as the Blues look to put together a promotion-winning squad.