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Article continues below The Americans took control of Birmingham City three years ago before completing a full takeover last year and have also bought stakes in cricket team Birmingham Phoenix and netball outfit Birmingham Panthers. Article continues below Quality of life and life satisfaction in long-term survivors of acute myeloid leukemia – The Doctor's Channel The Doctor's Channel | [SponsoredSponsored](https://www.thedoctorschannel.com/article/quality-of-life-and-life-satisfaction-in-long-term-survivors-of-acute-myeloid-leukemia "Quality of life and life satisfaction in long-term survivors of acute myeloid leukemia – The Doctor's Channel") Undo Knighthead have grand plans for Birmingham with plans to develop a Sports Quarter just outside the city centre with a 62,000-seater stadium dubbed The Powerhouse. Article continues below FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK!All the latest Blues news on Birmingham Live’s Birmingham City FC Facebook page 19 Birmingham City players set for extra work with Chris Davies eyeing triple boost Birmingham City owners Knighthead consider £297m deal with instant £81m bonus Whilst Blues will call The Powerhouse their home in the next decade, Knighthead want the venue to host a variety of different major sporting events. Discussions have taken place about the prospect of adding a rugby team to their collection and Knighthead have two options. Article continues below Get the latest Birmingham Live breaking news on WhatsApp Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Join us on WhatsApp If they choose to invest in rugby in Birmingham, Knighthead could invest in Birmingham Moseley, who play in National League 1 – professional rugby’s third tier – or create a new team. Moseley already have facilities in place, albeit at a much more modest level than Knighthead’s footballing venture, and are eager to unlock their potential. Moseley director John Richards is keen for Tom Wagner to make the rugby club his next project in Birmingham. You May Like Modern Approaches to AML Care – The Doctor's Channel The Doctor's Channel | [SponsoredSponsored](https://www.thedoctorschannel.com/view/modern-approaches-to-aml-care "Modern Approaches to AML Care – The Doctor's Channel") Undo “The issue for us is having the finance to be able to do it, because I think to survive at tier two you need to have a playing budget that’s probably double the size of our current playing budget and the higher you go, the bigger that budget becomes," Richards told The Telegraph. “What we need is somebody who can provide us with a big windfall because most of the infrastructure, the facilities, and the ambition are absolutely there. We’re very much in the vanguard of all of those things. We just need an injection of money to be able to do it properly because we won’t risk it on our own. We just won’t. “If I were in charge of a huge American private equity fund, do you buy a really significant legacy club, or do you start from scratch? I think you’d go for where some of the infrastructure and fanbase and history is already there. Article continues below “He [Wagner] clearly loves investing in post-industrial cities – what the Americans would call Rust Belt, we might call brown belt where factories are no longer there. He has an affinity for areas that are a bit deprived, where kids might not have much hope. So bearing in mind that this is quite a deprived area of a city where we’re reaching out into schools where there’s lots of single-parent family kids, it would have been a perfect match.” Get YOUR Birmingham City Newsletter Get the most comprehensive news and analysis straight to your Inbox courtesy of the Birmingham Mail To get it, it's a quick and easy one-two: 1. 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