With Tomas Kalas a full-time Robin, Bristol City not only have proven centre-back among the very best in the Championship they also have a new record signing. Buying ready-made quality costs money and while Lee Johnson has primarily constructed Bristol City’s team on developing young talent, the time is right to add that extra layer of established class to mount a proper promotion push. Bristol Live understands the fee paid to Chelsea is in the region of £8m to also include various add-on which takes the 26-year-old well past the £5.3m the club spent on Famara Diedhiou two years ago. There’s always a natural inflation in the transfer market but it’s also a sign of City’s ambition and a statement of intent ahead of the 2019/20 season. We’ve had a look at the top 10 costliest arrivals into Ashton Gate with some mixed results. Figures are based on our own knowledge of the various deals, transfermarkt.com and other reports at the time the transfers were made. 1. Tomas Kalas Transfer fee: £8m Signed from: Chelsea Date: July 2019 City have been busy in the summer window but Kalas is the marquee arrival so far and not just because of his… Read full this story
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