{"id":604110,"date":"2021-11-05T09:36:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T13:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=604110"},"modified":"2021-11-05T09:36:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T13:36:54","slug":"birmingham-city-adam-claytons-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/11\/05\/birmingham-city-adam-claytons-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City Agree Mutual Termination of Adam Clayton&#8217;s Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City have confirmed the mutual termination of Adam Clayton&#8217;s contract at the club.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old midfielder joined The Blues in September 2020 when the club was led by his former manager at Middlesbrough, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/03\/14\/birmingham-city-aitor-karanka-set-sacked-manager\/\" target=\"_self\">Aitor Karanka<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Adam Clayton&#8217;s Birmingham City Contract Mutually Terminated<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Club has reached an agreement with Adam Clayton to mutually terminate his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Blues would like to wish Adam all the best in his future career.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Birmingham City FC (@BCFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCFC\/status\/1456607382793039878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Championship Experience Unused by Lee Bowyer at St. Andrew&#8217;s<\/h3>\n<p>Adam Clayton is a midfielder with over 300 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/10\/20\/couldnt-be-better-for-afc-bournemouth\/\" target=\"_self\">Championship<\/a> games to his name. He spent the most part of his career with Middlesbrough before eventually following manager Aitor Karanka to Birmingham City.<\/p>\n<p>He is yet to feature for Birmingham this season and has never made a Championship appearance under <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/03\/16\/birmingham-city-confirm-lee-bowyer\/\" target=\"_self\">Lee Bowyer<\/a>, who took over earlier in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Bowyer made it clear that Clayton was not part of his plans in September 2021, in press conference quotes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/lee-bowyer-opens-up-adam-21529210\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cited by Birmingham Live<\/a>, he said: &#8220;With Adam Clayton I had a private discussion with him at the end of the season. I was honest with him and told him the situation and he has not been training with us, But he didn&#8217;t move club.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked why he had been included in the 25-man squad registered with the EFL, Bowyer had said: &#8220;We don&#8217;t have 25 players to put on the squad, so we put his name on the squad. He is here &#8211; and his name is on the squad but we had a discussion, it was private.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He had the opportunity to move but he didn&#8217;t go so he is still here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Mutual Termination Best for All Parties Given Situation<\/h3>\n<p>The mutual termination allows the midfielder to go out and find a club where his experience may be appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham City said in a statement on <a href=\"https:\/\/bcfc.com\/news\/articles\/2021\/adam-clayton-departs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bcfc.com<\/a>: &#8220;The club has reached an agreement with Adam Clayton to mutually terminate his contract.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The 32-year-old joined Blues on an initial two-year deal last summer and went on to make 16 appearances in all competitions during the 2020\/21 season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite the midfielder having a period of time remaining on his existing contract, both parties have agreed to conclude his time at the club effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Blues would like to wish Adam all the best in his future career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham are 13th in the Championship, 11 points clear of the bottom three and three points below the play-off places.<\/p>\n<p>A blow was dealt to them in midweek with the news that Tahith Chong, who had been in good form, was to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2021\/11\/03\/dutch-forward-tahith-chong-surgery\/\" target=\"_self\">return to Manchester United<\/a> following surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The Blues host Reading on Saturday, November 6.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"0BNCBk89R7xHEiD1k5eiJg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1228730395\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'0BNCBk89R7xHEiD1k5eiJg',sig:'Ub8GmNIduWKSpEavBd2O7ybSmc6ErOPKvcU6ne5WnsI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1228730395',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham City have confirmed the mutual termination of Adam Clayton&#8217;s contract at the club. The 32-year-old midfielder joined The Blues in September 2020 when the club was led by his former manager at Middlesbrough, Aitor Karanka. 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