Jefferson Montero would have been looking for a new lease of life after leaving Swansea City for Birmingham in the summer.

The Ecuadorian winger became surplus to requirements during his time at the Liberty Stadium, making only 12 appearances for the Swans last season before joining West Brom on loan.

At the start of this season, another loan move to the West Midlands materialised, with the 30-year-old reuniting with Pep Clotet and putting pen to paper on a season-long loan switch to St. Andrew's.

Since his move, though, Montero has found it hard to make an impact under Clotet for Blues, with Jeremie Bela and Jude Bellingham all ahead of him in the pecking order.

Montero's contract at Swansea expires in the summer, with Ecuadorian journalist Reinaldo Romero claiming the player has agreed to sign for LDU Quito on a two-year deal.

Whether Montero is a part of Clotet's long-term plans is a mystery, but his lack of game time and the fact he's only at the club on loan suggests otherwise.

Here, we take a look at Montero's season so far to see whether it would be a big loss for Birmingham to lose him for good in the summer...

A direct winger known mostly for his pace and speed out wide, Montero has really struggled to show what he's all about at St. Andrew's thus far.

The wide-man has made 14 appearances for Pep Clotet's side with only four of those coming from the off. So far, he has only made one starting appearance in the Championship, which came against Stoke way back in August.

Across a total of 403 minutes of football, Montero is yet to find the back of the net for Birmingham, registering only one assist to date - that came against Huddersfield in a 1-1 draw back in November.

It's perhaps no wonder that he is yet to find the net for Birmingham, given the fact that he has only had one shot on goal since arriving at St. Andrew's. It found the target, but hardly impressive by any means.

The winger, whenever he's played for Birmingham, has played on the left-hand side of a 4-4-2 formation, where his main role is to drive down the line and deliver crosses for the lethal Lukas Jutkiewicz.

But whilst 72.5% of his dribbles have been completed successfully, only 42.6% of his crosses have found a blue shirt, and his end product just hasn't been there.

Overall, Montero has accrued a pass success rate of 60.6% this season, but for a player of his pedigree and quality on the ball, he really needs to show more in the final third.