Permanent move for Wolves loanee revealed if promotion secured

The 23-year-old moved to the Championship side on a season-long loan earlier this summer after falling out of favour under Vitor Pereira at Wolves.

Doyle was keen to play and was unlikely to get many opportunities at Wolves next season, as Birmingham, Wrexham and newly-promoted Premier League side Sunderland all chased his signature.

Blues won that race and Doyle will move there permanently next year if they can achieve back-to-back promotions, it has been revealed.

It is understood that the loan move included a clause for a permanent switch in the region of £10million, which will be triggered if Birmingham achieve a return to the top flight in 2025/26.

Wolves signed Doyle for £4.3million from Manchester City, but that deal included a 50 per cent sell-on clause.

The 50 per cent is on the profit Wolves make from selling Doyle, meaning they will earn roughly £2.85million if the move to Birmingham is triggered.

Doyle initially joined Wolves on loan in 2023 and had a successful first season at the club, which prompted the club to seal his permanent signature on a deal until 2028, with an option to extend it by a further two years.

But the Englishman struggled to keep his place in the team last season under both Gary O'Neil and Pereira and made just three Premier League starts.

He was also left out of the squad on several occasions towards the end of the campaign and did not get on the pitch at all in the final two-and-a-half months of the season, last playing on March 15.

Doyle scored once in 2024/25, a 90th minute consolation goal against Brighton in the Carabao Cup.

He has made 58 appearances for Wolves in all competitions since signing in 2023, with two goals and one assist in that time.

Doyle will now aim to get back on the pitch regularly with Birmingham, who are fresh from promotion as the record-breaking League One champions last year.

Following heavy American investment in recent years they are targeting promotion back to the Premier League and if they achieve it they will trigger Doyle's permanent switch.