"Next 2 or 3 years" - Simon Jordan issues bold Birmingham City and Wrexham AFC prediction | OneFootball

Simon Jordan believes Birmingham City and Wrexham could reach the Premier League in the near future.

Former Crystal Palace owner and talkSPORT pundit Simon Jordan admitted he would not be surprised to see Birmingham City and Wrexham in the Premier League within the next few years.

After a summer of big spending that included the signing of Fulham striker Jay Stansfield for a staggering fee of £15 million, which smashed the League One transfer record, Birmingham have been the dominant side in the division this season.

The Blues sealed promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt with a 2-1 win at Peterborough United on Tuesday night, with first-half goals from Alfie May and Taylor Gardner-Hickman either side of Kwame Poku's equaliser securing the decisive victory.

With promotion now secured, Birmingham will be looking to wrap up the League One title and break the third tier points record of 103, which was set by their Midlands rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers in the 2013-14 season, while Chris Davies' side also make the trip to Wembley on Sunday for another meeting with Posh in the Vertu Trophy final.

While the Blues can begin preparations for life back in the Championship, the battle for the second automatic promotion spot remains incredibly competitive, with second-placed Wrexham currently sitting just three points clear of third-placed Wycombe Wanderers.

Simon Jordan makes big Birmingham City, Wrexham prediction

Jordan has long been critical of Birmingham's owners for their controversial decision to replace John Eustace with Wayne Rooney last season, which contributed significantly to their relegation, but he praised them for getting out of League One at the first attempt.

When asked by co-host Jim White on talkSPORT if the Blues' promotion was a brilliant revival story or the bare minimum they needed to achieve, Jordan said: "Both. You've got to look at the fact that this club should never have been relegated.

"They (Birmingham's owners) were in situ for a period of time, and some of the decisions that they made created this outcome.

"They had the former Manchester City chief executive (Garry Cook) giving them advice and making appointment decisions like Wayne Rooney being put in situ, while preaching the fact that they were going to go forward, and they got themselves relegated.

"They had to take responsibility for it, and they have.

"They put £35 million into transfer fees in League One, and with that kind of expenditure and that kind of budget, they should win the league, or they should certainly get out of the division.

"But as big or even bigger clubs like Sunderland have gone down there and stayed there for a period of time, so to get out at the first instance is what they should do, but it often doesn't happen, so you have to give credit to them."

"The fact of the matter is that Birmingham have gotten out, and if they carry on going the way they're going, they're going to get out with 110 points, this is a huge total and utter domination that could propel them forward," Jordan added.

"I wouldn't be surprised if the momentum propels them forward into the Championship and we see them again being really competitive in the Championship."

After learning from the mistakes of their first season, Jordan backed Birmingham's owners to continue to take the club forward, and he predicted that the Blues and Wrexham could find themselves in the Premier League in the not-too-distant future.

"It's not easy, but they've cut their teeth and made their mistakes, they got relegated, they've learned their lessons, I suspect, and they will deploy those lessons going forward," Jordan said.

"There's a lot of dough around these football clubs."

"The traction that these guys have got, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, is so enormous, that you're seeing Wrexham badges on Marvel superheroes inside mainstream films," Jordan continued.

"The traction they're getting is so significant that the commercial investment and the money that is behind Wrexham is allowing them to build a new stadium.

"I would not be surprised if either one of these clubs ends up in the Premier League in the next two or three years."

League One promotion is just the start for Birmingham City and Wrexham

Given their vast spending in League One and ambitious plans for a new 60,000-seater stadium, there is no doubt that Birmingham's goals under the ownership of Knighthead extend far beyond simply achieving promotion back to the Championship.

In fact, owner Tom Wagner even admitted in September that the Blues' target is to reach the Premier League by 2026, meaning that they would need to secure back-to-back promotions, and it would be no surprise to see them compete towards the top end of the second tier next season.