Juninho Bacuna & Lyle Taylor: Birmingham sign Rangers midfielder and Nottingham Forest forward

Juninho Bacuna scored his only Scottish Premiership goal against Ross County in November

Birmingham City have signed midfielder Juninho Bacuna from Rangers for an undisclosed fee and Nottingham Forest forward Lyle Taylor on loan.

Bacuna, 24, has agreed a three-and-a-half year contract and returns south of the border after just five months in Scottish football.

He made 12 appearances for Rangers, only three of them starts, after arriving from Huddersfield last summer.

Taylor, 31, will remain at St Andrew's until the end of the season.

The double signing means Birmingham have now brought in five new faces since the start of the January transfer window.

Lyle Taylor was a member of the Charlton side that won promotion to the Championship under Lee Bowyer in 2019

Bacuna, who played against Blues for Huddersfield in both Championship games last season, is the club's fourth signing of the January transfer window.

He played 107 games in three years with the Terriers, including 21 in the Premier League in 2018-19.

"I have got the opportunity to play games and show my abilities," he told the Birmingham website.

Taylor has made 19 Forest appearances this season, scoring three goals, and was sent on as a substitute in their 3-0 win at Birmingham in October.

He previously played under Blues boss Lee Bowyer at Charlton.

"I am here to be of use to the team, to the football club and to score as many goals as I possibly can," said Taylor.

"I've got good memories of playing at St. Andrew's - and that's from an 'away' point of view but now, I want to create my own memories to take away from Birmingham for years to come.

"I got a bit of stick from the Blues fans earlier this year because of the pink hair! It was all for a good cause though and I can give it back and take it too."

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