Bristol City Blog

Bristol City have transfer listed their much-loved goalkeeper Adriano Basso.

A statement on the official website says that the club has done ‘all they could’ to try and keep Basso at the Gate, by offering him a new contract.
However the 34-year old Brazilian has rejected the new deal and is seeking a move.
One should expect some [...]

Dutch giants Ajax thrashed Bristol City 4-0 last night, in the Robins’ first pre-season friendly at home.
A 10,000-strong crowd were on hand to see the Amsterdam side easily outplay the home side.
All of Bristol City’s new signings played a part during the 90 minutes, with trialists Alexei Eremenko, Grigorios Papazacharias and Peter Brezovan also getting [...]

In my absence from blogging in the last couple of weeks, Bristol City have been rather busy in the Transfer Market.
Although there are no ‘big’ named or ‘big’ money signings, the business Gary Johnson has done so far, shows a desire to bolster a basically-decent side with experience, while also adding more building blocks towards [...]

Bristol City midfielder Marvin Elliott has signed a new contract with the West Country side, alleviating fears that he may leave during the summer transfer window.
Fans and officials alike will be pleased with the new deal, which should, theoretically, see the midfielder remain at the club until 2012. The Bristol Evening Post said that Elliott [...]

With Bristol City having performed well in their first two seasons back in England’s second tier, they are facing an increasingly difficult transfer dilemma – while their consolidated status and improved national reputation are useful in attempting to lure better players to Ashton Gate, they also face more of a struggle to keep hold of [...]

Defender Izzy Iriekpen will not be signing a permanent deal with Bristol City.
Gary Johnson signed him on a free after he left Scunthorpe by mutual consent.
Johnson was keen to sign the former West Ham man to a permanent deal, if he had passed the thorough medical the whole squad have been put through in recent [...]

Striker Peter Styvar is leaving Ashton Gate.
The Bristol Evening Post has suggested that the Slovakian, signed from MSK Zilna in January, could be sent out on loan after a disappointing four months in England. His likely destination is Greek First Division side Skoda Xanthi, with talks already in progress.
The newspaper also suggests that a fee [...]

Second-choice goalkeeper Chris Weale has left Ashton Gate on a Bosman free transfer to League 1 champions Leicester City.
Weale, who was loaned out to both Hereford and his former club Yeovil during this past season, was widely expected to leave in order to gain first-team football.
Weale has struggled with injuries, and has only rarely [...]

Supermarket giants Tesco are keen on purchasing the land which currently houses Bristol City’s Ashton Gate stadium, the local press has reported.
Tesco have officially confirmed their interest in buying the plot, with the estimated £20 million price tag a healthy contribution to the construction of City’s new stadium.
The Tesco deal, of £20 million, is four [...]

I’ll be updating this blog with a number of ‘Rumour Mill’ posts, looking at the latest players linked with a move to Ashton Gate this summer. Of course, the rumours may turn out to be asbsolute rubbish, but I think it will be a nice little feature. I will only comment on rumours posted in [...]