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Bradford planning aspirational summer transfer window
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22/05/2025
Daniel Wales and Charles Hague-Jones discuss Bradford City’s summer transfer plans.
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now Bradford City are obviously going to be a league one club next season which means
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you know you need to make some additions some top class players need to come in
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in terms of you know really stabilising in their new division back in the third
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year of English football you know it's a massive summer window it's a window where
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they have to get things right they have to make sure they navigate it properly
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obviously a big challenge ahead and you know you look at their home form especially
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that sort of got them over the line in terms of their league two promotion
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they want to make sure that continues they want to make sure they have players who come in
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and believe in their project believe in in where they are in terms of of the league and their
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ambitions so it's a massive window no doubt Dan our Yorkshire correspondent Dan let's have a look
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at Bradford City in terms of of where they are going into this window obviously off the back of
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a season how do you sort of adjust how do you go about business because you know you want to
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obviously you know give give these players who got you promoted a little bit of a chance a chance
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to to show what they're made of what they're about in a in a higher league as well but also you want
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to make sure that you know boots are on the ground and that there's a clear ambition there's clearly
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players coming in who understand the project and what's next so Dan what are your thoughts ahead
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of the window and how are they going to navigate it is it you know how crucial is this window for
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Bradford City to get right entering a new tier of English football and you know making sure that
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they are stabilised in League One next season well Charles it is clearly very significant for
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Bradford City this summer because going into League One it will be a step up for the club they've been
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out of this division for a good number of years now so it's not just going to be like they've just
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been out of it and they'll probably have some players who are are capable of just easing into
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that new that new division but no they've been out of it a long time and so a lot of the players
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whilst they may be able to make that jump because they are young and fit and able and they've got
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the quality they will need to add depth and further quality to their ranks to be able to cope with the
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further demands and the increases in quality that League One will bring at Valley Parades so certainly
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it won't just be a simple step they'll have to get the summer right in terms of who they bring in
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and getting their due diligence right as well because you don't just want to bring in the wrong type of
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player you need someone who's in it for the long haul because this is a club of course as we've
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mentioned previously who don't just want to be surviving in League One now they've gone up they
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want to be thriving in League One I think many people at the club within the within the setup there
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would see Bradford City as a club who could not only just be content with being mid-table in League One
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or even just surviving in League One they'd like to be at the top of League One and pushing towards
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the championship certainly they've got the fan base the stadium the infrastructure to
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to be a club that can push even higher in the English football pyramid it's just about doing that now and
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obviously you've got to do that on the field but firstly across the summer they've got to get it right
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off the field crucially as well so as you say a huge window ahead so where do you think they need to be
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looking well that's obviously there's a case and argument for every team to to strengthen all across
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the pitch but of course that's not always possible because funds are limited due to ownership as well as
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restrictions on financial spending from from the divisions as well so I think clearly Bradford City
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had no issue scoring last season but again you look are they when they go in into League One a step up
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in quality in defensive quality as well from other teams will they need to add to their firepower and
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the answer is probably yes I think a new striker who can cope with the demands of League One may need to be
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brought in because of course it's all well and good playing the good football that they've played
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in League Two but they need to then make sure that they're taking the chances they create as well
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because if they don't do that then they may as well just give up now so as much as they have got some
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good strikers and some good forwards in that team you know the likes of Anthony Sarsovic who scored that's
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that important goal on the last day of the season you need players as well and who have just got that
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little bit even more and not only just for that as well you need to be able to rotate it's a long
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old season yes they've had a long old season in League Two but it'll be a long old season in League
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One as well and with the increase of quality demands you'll need perhaps even more rotational
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abilities too and then of course you could argue the midfield is perhaps all right but certainly
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in a defensive point of view as well you could do with some strengthening in my opinion too so
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certainly I think the priorities for Bradford this summer will be in the forward line and the defensive
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line and of course anything else that comes alongside that in terms of midfield
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well that that's a bonus as well but I think the key priorities for Bradford all this season
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spending the money wisely and putting it in the forward line and the defensive line for the next season
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