Bristol City Transfer Latest: Robins sign Championship experience in Riis Jakobsen

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Daniel Wales looks at the latest Bristol City transfer news.

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00:01Now, for the new manager of Bristol City, Gerard Struber,

00:05he obviously begins his first summer in charge.

00:08Now, obviously, we spoke about the appointment

00:10and with foreign managers,

00:11Bristol City haven't had the best track record

00:13as of recent as well.

00:16So this is something that they have to get right.

00:18Obviously, Liam Manning took them to the playoffs

00:19for the first time in 17 years last season.

00:23And then suddenly he's now the Norwich City manager.

00:26So a lot to go on this summer in terms of Bristol City.

00:30Maybe Manning did leave because of the sort of lack of investment

00:33behind the ownership at Bristol City.

00:36So it is something that they have to get right

00:38in terms of moving forward

00:39and making them more sustainable in the second tier

00:42and, you know, trying to really, really push on

00:45and get top six again.

00:47It's obviously, you know, the fans have now got a taste for it.

00:49They're going to want to return there as well.

00:53There has been a few signings going in.

00:55There's been a few outgoings as well for Bristol.

00:59So obviously, you know, Schruber's first summer in charge as well.

01:01He wants to make sure the spine of the team is kept,

01:05the core of the team is kept,

01:07who did obviously manage to get Bristol all that way to the top six.

01:10But he also wants to improve on it as well.

01:13There'll be, you know, likely mainly undisclosed fees.

01:16You know, focus will remain on balancing the budget

01:19and, you know, promoting from within,

01:22as Bristol City have done so well over the last,

01:25you know, 10, you know, sort of decade really

01:27in the championship.

01:29So our correspondent, Dan,

01:31Dan, just let us know about where Bristol City are

01:34in this summer window,

01:36how they are planning to go ahead of it

01:38and where Gerhard Schruber sits

01:39in terms of the decision-making

01:41at Aislingate,

01:43because it's obviously going to be a big summer

01:45and they want to make sure

01:46they are still competitive in the championship.

01:48Well, Charles, recently we said that Gerhard Schruber

01:52was probably Bristol City's biggest signing

01:54of the summer

01:55and that probably still stands to be correct,

01:57or at least it will be

01:58if Bristol City make a good start to the season

02:00and hit the ground running.

02:01But they have actually been busy again

02:04in the transfer market.

02:05They've brought in another signing

02:06and that is Emile Roos Jacobson,

02:08who was a striker at Preston North End.

02:11In fact, he played for Preston against Bristol City

02:14on the last day of last season

02:15when Bristol City just about made it into the playoffs.

02:19But he's also made very clear

02:20that he was quite happy then to leave the club.

02:23In fact, he wasn't probably going to sign a new contract

02:25and so he needed an active suitor

02:27and Bristol City have been the club to snap him up.

02:30So, Bristol City now starting to make further moves

02:33in the transfer market.

02:34Of course, they've already brought in

02:35the goalkeeper, Joe Lumley.

02:38He was at Southampton

02:39and having played in the Premier League as well,

02:42he's looking to bring experience

02:44from the top flight to Bristol City

02:46and he says that he wants also

02:47to have Premier League experiences

02:48with Bristol City as well.

02:50So, that's high ambition from Joe Lumley.

02:53Bristol City, of course, as I mentioned

02:54just a moment or so ago,

02:56they were in the playoffs at the end of last season.

02:59Yes, they took a bit of a hammering

03:00against Sheffield United over two legs

03:02in the semi-finals.

03:04But having gained that experience

03:05and with, of course,

03:07having brought a player in like Joe Lumley

03:09who has got that Premier League experience,

03:11I think they'll use that as effectively as they can.

03:14So, I think in terms of the transfer market

03:17for Bristol City,

03:18it's about bringing in players

03:18who know the championship

03:20but also have the ambition

03:21to go one higher as well

03:23and one better.

03:25Certainly, that's the feeling with Joe Lumley.

03:27You know, obviously,

03:27I'm not saying no disrespect to Joe Lumley

03:30but perhaps there could be more flash signings

03:32out there

03:33but it's solid

03:35and he knows exactly what he wants

03:36and he knows what he wants

03:37from Bristol City.

03:38And no matter what you think of him,

03:40that's clearly what they're trying to build

03:42at the club as well.

03:43And, of course,

03:44bringing in a player like Rhys Jacobson

03:46who knows the championship well as well,

03:49that will bode very well.

03:50Sometimes they did lack

03:52in their scoring last season

03:53and although they created a lot of chances,

03:55sometimes they failed to have someone

03:56to put the ball in the back of the net

03:59and someone who knows this league

04:00and knows how it operates

04:01in Rhys Jacobson

04:02could well be the type of player they need

04:04just to get more chances put away

04:07and not squander so many

04:08because, of course,

04:10last season

04:10they didn't take enough

04:11and at times they conceded

04:12too many goals too late as well.

04:14So you'd like to think

04:14that by bringing in a striker

04:15who knows the championship,

04:17if they take more chances

04:18they don't necessarily have to worry

04:19so much about conceding later on

04:21because they could indeed be further ahead

04:23if they continue to make

04:24as many chances

04:25as they did last season.

04:26That, of course,

04:27depends on the way

04:28Gerhard Stuber gets them playing

04:29because, of course,

04:30Liam Manning is no longer the manager

04:31whereas he was last season.

04:33So, lots to think about

04:34but Bristol City's certainly been more active

04:36in the transfer market

04:37bringing in a striker

04:38something they probably needed

04:39but I expect more to come through the door

04:41at Ashton Gate

04:42in the next few weeks.

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