The Bristol City Chronicle
Transfer targets19 Aug 2030
No deal for Matheus Cunha at that price
Bristol City offered $17.7M; Manchester United said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Player ratings19 Aug 2030
Age has not caught Youri Tielemans yet — 7.83
At 33 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 7.83 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
The dugout19 Aug 2030
Tom Donaghy says Bristol City went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad19 Aug 2030
Tempers go at Bristol City
Youri Tielemans was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Transfer targets19 Aug 2030
Bristol City make their move for Lee Nicholls
$24.0K on the table at Hull City. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad19 Aug 2030
A row about effort at Bristol City
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tomi Horvat was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Boardroom19 Aug 2030
6 academy graduates step up at Bristol City
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Transfer targets19 Aug 2030
Bristol City rebuffed over Oscar Bobb
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Chelsea have kept their man, and Bristol City go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market19 Aug 2030
Bristol City promote Jonathan Turner from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jonathan Turner has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Market Bristol City promote Matthew Roberts from within
- Market Bristol City promote Thomas Murphy from within
- Market One of our own: Harry Murray joins the Bristol City first team