Bristol City 'open to offers' for former Burnley and QPR striker as transfer deadline nears Nahki Wells' future at Bristol City has been a topic of discussion in the national press this weekend, with the forward reportedly available for sale Bristol City could sell striker Nahki Wells in this transfer window, according to reports. The Sunday Mirror's Darren Witcoop reports the Robins are "open to offers" for the Bermudan forward, should Nigel Pearson be able to secure a suitable replacement for the 31-year-old. City paid a fee in the region of £5million to Queens Park Rangers in January 2020 for the former Bradford City and Burnley forward, but he has become something of a peripheral figure under Pearson, being shunted out to the wings – an alien role for a player who has 80 Championship goals to his name over the years – by Dean Holden and often kept there by his successor. Bristol Live understands the club are not actively shopping the Bermudian international around and, given his current situation, his representatives could be testing the market to see what’s available beyond BS3. The Robins have made three signings this summer – Andy King, Matty James and Rob Atkinson – but are yet to sign a direct replacement for Famara Diedhiou after he headed to Turkey at the end of his contract in BS3. City fans have been calling for the club to complete more business in the transfer window to give them a better chance of competing in the top half of the division, but Pearson has been clear in stating further arrivals are dependent on player sales. The manager is believed to want another striker in a more traditional mould than the diminutive and speedy Wells, who has made two Championship appearances this term, both from the bench. Chris Martin has been the manager's chosen starter so far in a 4-2-3-1 formation.. International reports this week suggested City are interested in Brazillian forward Andre Silva, of Arouca in Portugal. As previously reported by Bristol Live, Rotherham United's Michael Smith, valued at around £1.5million, is also a striker believed to be on City's radar. Moving Wells on could free up some capital – and trim the wage bill – for Pearson to get his own man through the door by the August 31 transfer deadline, though there will be significant scrutiny from supporters unless the Robins could secure a clear upgrade on one of more reliable scorers in the second tier over the past decade. "I know we are short of a guaranteed 20-goals-a-season person but we can't afford one of those at the moment," Pearson told BBC Radio Bristol earlier this month. "This is the reality of where football is at the moment. It's alright having a wish list but we've made a very conscious effort as a club to decide to move in a direction where we're trying to cut the wage bill but still be competitive and still have a campaign that gives people hope for the future. "Sorry if I'm the party pooper but there's got to be a dose of realism." https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-open-offers-former-5818327
it's a ****ty piece of journalism because LJ, Holden and Pearson pushed out wide it's not something that has happened under Pearson. 15 goals in 65 games is all you need to know, probably the 2nd highest paid player on the books.
No, now he's on the bench under Pearson, so even less likely to score... I think NP has either been given a mandate to get rid of the players on high wages, hence falling out with Kalas, freezing out Wells and Nagy, or he knows the only way to bring new blood in, is to get rid of old blood. Either way, I don't particularly like the way NP appears to be handling it, it hardly makes other players want to come if that's how they feel they may be treated?
His falling out with Kalas is totally down to Kalas and another player, that spilled into the dressing room and onto the training ground, hence releasing him early to go home prior to the Euros to cool off, it was causing problems in the dressing room. Exactly how has he frozen out Nagy?, 1. The bloke hasn't wanted to be here pretty much a month after signing for us. 2. He fell out with LJ. 3. He asked to move, how does any of that equate to being frozen out, what is the point of playing somebody who doesn't want to be here? The above is what I do know, as for Wells he has been a poor signing, I repeat he has scored 15 goals from 65 games and doesn't deserve to be a starter at the moment. One poster on here is of the opinion that he misses loads of chances, I wish, he doesn't look like he could score in a brothel, that is my opinion. But these are the facts is that he has never scored 20 league goals in a season ever, he has only ever scored 20 or over overall goals in a season once, he is not the prolific goal scorer people would have you believe, he was on a good run at QPR when we signed him from Burnley, but has never come close to replicating that form for us, yes he has been pushed out wide but mainly upfront and has not done it for us. So Pearson is treating them how they deserve to be treated.
Opinion: Why Nahki Wells’ contract situation allows Bristol City to ponder January action Bristol City striker Nahki Wells’ future remains up in the air after no longer appearing as one of the first names on the team sheet for the Championship side. The 31-year-old played in every one of the Robins’ 46 league games last term, but has been benched by the return of Andreas Weimann from his anterior cruciate ligament injury. With that, the former’s future looks uncertain at Ashton Gate and the final week of the transfer window could potentially seal a sad ending to Bermudan’s career in south-west England after spending a semi-successful 18 months there. He didn’t do a huge amount wrong last season, scoring ten league goals for Bristol City in what was a poor campaign overall for the Robins. Considering this respectable record, many people would have believed he would be one of the last people to be deemed surplus to requirements at Ashton Gate. Antioine Semenyo are all options Nigel Pearson could utilise, with Sam Bell, Tommy Conway and Saikou Janneh also recently emerging as potential candidates up top. But in all fairness to the Championship side, they aren’t limited in personnel up top. Chris Martin, Andreas Weimann and Antoine Semenyo are all options Nigel Pearson could utilise, with Sam Bell, Tommy Conway and Saikou Janneh also recently emerging as potential candidates up top. Martin, Weimann and Janneh have all enjoyed decent starts to the 2021/22 campaign, scoring two goals each and proving to be a real threat so far this season. But it’s also safe to say Bristol City aren’t a team that have one main goalscorer. Contributions from all their attackers will be needed if they are to climb up the Championship table from where they were at the end of the last campaign. In fact, goalscoring contributions will be needed from right across the pitch, especially with Famara Diedhiou leaving the club on the expiration of his contract this summer. And this is why the Nahki Wells dilemma is a difficult one for City to deal with. Many Robins fans have been calling for a new forward to come in all summer. But is there much point in bringing in a new man unless he’s going to be the 20-goal per season striker they perhaps need to fire them towards a place in the top six? Manager Pearson has already admitted he can’t afford to sign a striker of that calibre, so replacing Wells with another striker that has a similar scoring record almost seems pointless. The fact he’s on the wrong side of 30 is also no problem despite Chris Martin approaching his 33rd birthday – because they have the likes of Bell, Conway, Semenyo and Janneh who are currently aged between 19 and 21. Bristol City also have another advantage in their Wells transfer dilemma – and that’s the fact his contract doesn’t run out until 2023 after signing a three-and-a-half year deal on his arrival in January 2020. This ensures they aren’t under any pressure to cash in on him to avoid losing him for free. The 31-year-old’s goals could still come in handy from the bench, with injuries and suspensions also coming into play during the season. And the fact they don’t have that ‘main goalscorer’ makes his presence more important. This is why they should continue to monitor his performances until the January transfer window opens, when they will be in a better position to make a judgement over his future. It will also give them a few months to identify potential targets who will come in as a clear improvement on the reliable Wells. At this stage of the current window, they might be hard-pressed to find cheap/adequate replacements for the Bermudan for free, another reason why this is something to address in January if they haven’t found their ideal man already After finishing in an underwhelming 19th place last season, they are unlikely to be a West Brom or a Fulham who are expected to be competing for promotion this season. Things should be taken slowly at Ashton Gate for the sake of their long-term success and stability – and this is the reason why they can afford to take their time over Wells. There’s no need to rush. Unless they have already found their perfect replacement, they should put on the brakes and re-assess the situation in January. Wells could potentially re-establish himself as a key figure during the time, because just about anything can happen in the Championship. https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/o...allows-bristol-city-to-ponder-january-action/
He might as well sit on his £27k per week, the fact is his contract doesn’t run out until 2023, he is on a win - win.
And we are on our usual lose lose or was another bit of dodgy business by our ancestors? Perhaps that's just on the pitch.
City 'in talks' with Dion Charles An interesting one, as reported by Sky Sports Lyall Thomas who is definitely a reliable source, with the Robins in talks with Accrington striker Dion Charles. The 25-year-old scored 20 goals in 45 appearances for Stanley last season in what was his second full campaign in League One. More as we get it ... Lyall Thomas @SkySportsLyall #BristolCity are in talks to sign Dion Charles, who was just called up again to the #NorthernIreland squad. Told Nigel Pearson sees some similar characteristics to Jamie Vardy in the #Accrington striker. #Forest, #Barnsley also keen: https://skysports.com/transfer-centre#ASFC#Robins#nffc
If he brings the work rate, creates the openings for others, and scores half the goals per season that Vardy does, he will significantly enhance our striker options.
Accrington owner responds City may well be interested but Accrington owner Andy Holt doesn't know about any talks taking place. Andyh @AndyhHolt News to me. please log in to view this image Jon Wilmot @jwilmot89 The big man @AndyhHolt will say if this rumour is true I’m sure. Wonder where Nhaki will be going https://twitter.com/skysportslyall
Accrington Stanley owner reponds to claim that Bristol City are 'in talks' with Dion Charles Nigel Pearson is determined to add another forward to his squad before the transfer window closes next Tuesday https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-dion-charles-accrington-5826087
One week to go until the transfer window closes and I wonder what, if any, business we will do? The rumour mill is a bit dry and after we were told we must sell prior to new signings coming in makes me wonder if there are any aces up NP"s sleeve? Over the years we have had several good goal scoring machines only to see them move on but we have never been able to use their feats to move ourselves as a team forward. Is it possible to change that sad history this time out or are we still waiting for that final piece of the puzzle to make us the competitor we have been promised? A previous manager told us that he only needed 3 transfer windows to take us to the promised land but here we are still mired in questions without answers and seemingly further from the target set out by SL than ever before. I truly believe that at least we have a chance with NP at the helm due to his previous managerial experience but as we all know managers are hired to be fired. Hopefully there is a long way to go before we can seriously judge NP and his efforts to pick up the pieces scattered around Ashton Gate but time is of the essence if we are to see hope rather than the perennial despair that surrounds Bristol City. Looking over the first matches of the new campaign have given me hope, which I put down to better game tactics, but will new blood turn us into contenders? Only time and the soon to close transfer window will shed light on that scenario and hopefully offer better chances of finally reaching the light at the end of the tunnel.
From what I've seen of him, Wells has been performing well below expectation ever since he arrived. Get shot of him and bring in Charles or Smith (preferably both although unlikely) who actually want to play for the club not just pick up a large sum of money every week and go through the motions.
Love to see wells go and Smith and Charles would be far cheaper and give us completely different options.
