Bradford City Transfer Latest: Bantams continue to have busy summer

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Daniel Wales looks at the latest Bradford City transfer news.

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00:00Now for Bradford City, obviously promotion to League One.

00:03They are competing in the higher tier in a sort of situation

00:07where there are some big dogs obviously dropping down from the championship,

00:11the likes of Cardiff City.

00:12There's going to be teams in there who have rich Premier League experience,

00:16the likes of Bolton, Wigan as well, Reading.

00:19It's a very, very tough League One situation once again.

00:24Obviously, the goals for the window for Bradford City remain the same.

00:29They need to make sure they have a positive window

00:31and that they sort of make sure they are really going into the new season

00:35with a fresh start and fresh sort of ideas to ensure they remain in League One.

00:41I think that has to be the minimum goals at the moment.

00:43We obviously mentioned it before that they are certainly on the brink of building

00:46this sort of new era, this rejuvenated Bradford side

00:50that they need to remain in the top flight now.

00:55Sorry, in League One, sorry.

00:56But obviously, a lot of transfer situations going on for Bradford.

01:02What's the sort of latest?

01:03Because they need to make sure they get the right numbers,

01:07but they also keep that strong core that got them promoted

01:10and keep that momentum building throughout the side.

01:13Dan, our Yorkshire correspondent.

01:14Dan, what's your thoughts on where Bradford are at the moment,

01:17how they go about their business, how they make sure they are competitive?

01:21And, you know, at the end of the day, it's a massive window

01:24because they need to make sure they have that quality

01:27to remain in a Division One higher up than they were competing in

01:31for the last couple of seasons.

01:32Well, Charles, Bradford have wasted absolutely no time

01:35in getting going in the transfer market so far this summer.

01:38They've been so busy bringing in a player nearly every day,

01:42every other day, it feels like at the moment.

01:44Obviously, starting off with Max Power, a shrewd bit of business, that one.

01:49Of course, someone who knows this level of English football well.

01:51And then you've had the likes of Ibu Ture,

01:53you've had the likes of Matt Pennington come in,

01:55just to name a couple more.

01:56It's been some, you could argue it's a bit scattergun,

02:00but others would say it's very shrewd

02:01and they know exactly what they're doing

02:02and they're really trying to make sure that their squad has enough quality,

02:06but also, crucially, depth as well.

02:09Because, of course, it is a step up going from League Two to League One

02:12and they want the core of their squad that they had last season to remain

02:16as well as extra quality on top

02:18and, I think, most importantly, competition for places.

02:22Because, of course, squads can easily and very quickly go stale

02:26if you don't add to them

02:27and you don't bolster them regularly as well.

02:30And players, you know, they think,

02:32oh, they're securing the starting 11

02:34and they think, oh, yeah, okay, I'm fine,

02:36but then that on performance actually starts to dip a little bit.

02:38So, what they're doing is bringing in brand new players,

02:42new quality to test those who are already in the team

02:44and hopefully create this competition for places within Bradford's starting 11.

02:48The one worry or caveat to that is

02:50because you're bringing in so many new faces,

02:54does it take time for them to actually gel a little bit?

02:56I mean, they've just brought in another one recently as well in Will Swan.

03:00So, how long will it take for all these players to gel?

03:03Of course, pre-season is pretty much nearly here now.

03:05So, it's a case of, well, do they all suddenly just gel together really quickly?

03:11That never tends to be the case when lots of new signings come in.

03:14They tend to take a little bit of time,

03:15but I think they're probably going to be thinking,

03:17well, we've got them in that early,

03:19that they're all going to start pre-season together.

03:20Hopefully, that will go in our favour and play to our advantage

03:24and the fact that they've got lots of time to bed in into the club,

03:27into the feeling of the players and the city as well

03:29and understand the way that the club is thinking in terms of direction

03:33and the way Graham Alexander wants them to play too.

03:35So, it's hard to tell exactly what Bradford's transfer policy,

03:39whether it's going to be good or bad yet.

03:41Certainly, they're adding depth and adding quality to their squad.

03:44There's no denying that.

03:45It's just whether it pays off when they actually come to hit the pitch

03:48in mid-August when the League One season gets underway

03:51because, as I say, will they gel, will they not gel?

03:54It's hard to know.

03:55What they will certainly have and what they've all mentioned a lot

03:58in their signing interviews is that they can't wait to play at Valley Parade

04:02in front of the crowd there and really experience what that was like

04:06for the players who have already been at the club for some time now.

04:08Certainly, a lot of them had it really good last season

04:11in getting promoted and a lot of them want that to continue

04:14and also they want the new players to experience that as well.

04:18So, there seems to be a feel-good factor at the moment

04:20in this transfer window at Bradford City.

04:23Lots of players quite eager to come to Valley Parade

04:25and show what they can do just now, whether they can all fit into the system

04:29and also just work as a team with all the players who are already there as well.

04:35Graham Alexander certainly has a lot of work to do in that regard,

04:38but if anyone can do it, I'm sure the Bradford City supporters

04:40will have faith in him to do just that at Valley Parade.

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