Birmingham City will be more of a physical threat with the signings they have made in January, according to head coach Chris Davies.
Blues signed winger Carlos Vicente from La Liga side Deportivo Alaves for an undisclosed fee on Wednesday and Davies says there was a lot of competition for the 26-year-old.
“He’s someone we’d looked at in the summer and have been following him for quite some time so we’re really excited about him coming in,” he told BBC Radio WM.
“As a club we’ve done well to attract a player of that quality as he had some good options and interest around Europe.”
“The real attraction with Carlos is he’s got the intensity we want – loves to run in behind, he’s got speed, is a really good crosser but he’s a winger who can score goals.”
Vicente’s arrival makes it five signings for Birmingham to go with the additions of striker August Priske, winger Ibrahim Osman, midfielder Jhon Solis and defender Kai Wagner.
“We’ve improved the physicality of the team – to a point where we tried to get everything done in that summer window but you can’t do everything of where we wanted to go straight away,” added Davies.
“I like the look of the physicality of the team now more than the past few months where in some away games, some situations we’ve looked lighter than the opposition, but we look like we’re going to have more power and speed.”
Birmingham visit Oxford United in the Championship on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
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