Bradford planning aspirational summer transfer window

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Daniel Wales and Charles Hague-Jones discuss Bradford City’s summer transfer plans.

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00:00now Bradford City are obviously going to be a league one club next season which means

00:06you know you need to make some additions some top class players need to come in

00:11in terms of you know really stabilising in their new division back in the third

00:15year of English football you know it's a massive summer window it's a window where

00:19they have to get things right they have to make sure they navigate it properly

00:23obviously a big challenge ahead and you know you look at their home form especially

00:27that sort of got them over the line in terms of their league two promotion

00:31they want to make sure that continues they want to make sure they have players who come in

00:35and believe in their project believe in in where they are in terms of of the league and their

00:39ambitions so it's a massive window no doubt Dan our Yorkshire correspondent Dan let's have a look

00:47at Bradford City in terms of of where they are going into this window obviously off the back of

00:52a season how do you sort of adjust how do you go about business because you know you want to

00:56obviously you know give give these players who got you promoted a little bit of a chance a chance

01:01to to show what they're made of what they're about in a in a higher league as well but also you want

01:07to make sure that you know boots are on the ground and that there's a clear ambition there's clearly

01:11players coming in who understand the project and what's next so Dan what are your thoughts ahead

01:16of the window and how are they going to navigate it is it you know how crucial is this window for

01:21Bradford City to get right entering a new tier of English football and you know making sure that

01:27they are stabilised in League One next season well Charles it is clearly very significant for

01:33Bradford City this summer because going into League One it will be a step up for the club they've been

01:38out of this division for a good number of years now so it's not just going to be like they've just

01:42been out of it and they'll probably have some players who are are capable of just easing into

01:46that new that new division but no they've been out of it a long time and so a lot of the players

01:51whilst they may be able to make that jump because they are young and fit and able and they've got

01:55the quality they will need to add depth and further quality to their ranks to be able to cope with the

02:00further demands and the increases in quality that League One will bring at Valley Parades so certainly

02:06it won't just be a simple step they'll have to get the summer right in terms of who they bring in

02:10and getting their due diligence right as well because you don't just want to bring in the wrong type of

02:14player you need someone who's in it for the long haul because this is a club of course as we've

02:18mentioned previously who don't just want to be surviving in League One now they've gone up they

02:23want to be thriving in League One I think many people at the club within the within the setup there

02:29would see Bradford City as a club who could not only just be content with being mid-table in League One

02:35or even just surviving in League One they'd like to be at the top of League One and pushing towards

02:40the championship certainly they've got the fan base the stadium the infrastructure to

02:44to be a club that can push even higher in the English football pyramid it's just about doing that now and

02:49obviously you've got to do that on the field but firstly across the summer they've got to get it right

02:53off the field crucially as well so as you say a huge window ahead so where do you think they need to be

03:00looking well that's obviously there's a case and argument for every team to to strengthen all across

03:05the pitch but of course that's not always possible because funds are limited due to ownership as well as

03:11restrictions on financial spending from from the divisions as well so I think clearly Bradford City

03:19had no issue scoring last season but again you look are they when they go in into League One a step up

03:25in quality in defensive quality as well from other teams will they need to add to their firepower and

03:32the answer is probably yes I think a new striker who can cope with the demands of League One may need to be

03:39brought in because of course it's all well and good playing the good football that they've played

03:42in League Two but they need to then make sure that they're taking the chances they create as well

03:46because if they don't do that then they may as well just give up now so as much as they have got some

03:50good strikers and some good forwards in that team you know the likes of Anthony Sarsovic who scored that's

03:55that important goal on the last day of the season you need players as well and who have just got that

04:02little bit even more and not only just for that as well you need to be able to rotate it's a long

04:06old season yes they've had a long old season in League Two but it'll be a long old season in League

04:09One as well and with the increase of quality demands you'll need perhaps even more rotational

04:15abilities too and then of course you could argue the midfield is perhaps all right but certainly

04:20in a defensive point of view as well you could do with some strengthening in my opinion too so

04:26certainly I think the priorities for Bradford this summer will be in the forward line and the defensive

04:30line and of course anything else that comes alongside that in terms of midfield

04:33well that that's a bonus as well but I think the key priorities for Bradford all this season

04:38spending the money wisely and putting it in the forward line and the defensive line for the next season

04:44you

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