Birmingham City, Cardiff City and Sunderland face transfer disappointment over 10-goal star

Birmingham City and two Championship clubs face missing out on Sevilla forward Mussa Drammeh, who is expected to head to Scotland, according to a report.

According to Football Scotland, who are citing reports from Spain, Hearts have seemingly won the race to sign Drammeh. The forward was linked with Birmingham City and Sunderland in December with Cardiff joining the race at the end of April, but it looks to be Edinburgh where Drammeh is heading.

Drammeh scored ten goals for Sevilla's reserve team in the fourth tier of Spanish football, but they have chosen not to extend his contract. Drammeh is poised to become the first signing of the summer for Hearts and is capable of playing as a centre forward or on the wing.

Out of the three teams in England chasing Drammeh, it was Sunderland that apparently came closest. They reportedly had an offer turned down for him and he stayed put in Spain for the remainder of the season.

Birmingham City currently have Tyler Roberts, Siriki Dembele, Keshi Anderson and Junior Dixon as their forward options. Club captain Lukas Jutkiewicz has been offered a new contract and he is expected to sign new terms.

Blues decided to allow Scott Hogan to leave, whilst Oliver Burke and Jay Stansfield returned to Werder Bremen and Fulham after their loan deals expired.