Birmingham City narrowly avoided the drop yet again this season.

Despite pre-season promises of a promotion push and some promising signings in Maxime Colin, Jota, David Stockdale and Marc Roberts, the Blues failed to get going and were threatened by the drop for the vast majority of the season.

But a resurgence under Garry Monk saw Birmingham stay afloat in the second tier, confirmed by a thumping 3-1 victory over promotion-chasing Fulham at St Andrew's on the final day of the season.

Monk will now be looking to the future as he looks to flog a few under-performing players and bring in his own additions to bolster his squad and have them competing at the other end of the table.

Here are two players he should sell this summer and two who he should bring in to help the Blues climb up the table in the Championship.

Veteran goalkeeper Kuszczak is sitting behind David Stockdale on the bench and he needs to leave with just one or two years left in his career.

It is only fair that the former Poland international is allowed to move on if a good offer comes in.

And the Blues could use that extra money to bring in a new player.

Birmingham need some creativity in midfield to work with Jacques Maghoma and Jota.

Oztumer would be a perfect signing on a free transfer and he might be tempted to join the Blues as he would not have to relocate.

The 26-year-old, dubbed the "Turkish Messi", is leaving Walsall this summer after hitting 15 goals and seven assists in League One this season.

N'doye has had a poor season for Birmingham and they could definitely upgrade on him.

The Senegal international joined last summer on a free but the Blues should try to sell him rather than let him see out the final year of his contract.

The 32-year-old just has not got to grips with the English game and struggled to make an impact.

The Blues desperately need a goal scorer, especially with Sam Gallagher's loan coming to an end.

Peterborough striker Marriott scored 33 goals in all competitions this season and the prolific striker is likely to be wanted by loads of clubs this summer.

Birmingham need to show some ambition and beat other teams to sign the 23-year-old because he is young, hungry and an out-and-out goal scorer who could fire them to play-off contention.