For a club like Luton Town who have simultaneously showcased the unpredictable nature of the Championship but also the values of strong coaching, team spirit and smart recruitment within tight economic restrictions, losing your Player of the Year at the end of the season on a free transfer is tough to take but also inevitable to a point, given the financial strength of clubs above you in the food chain.
However, losing your Player of the Year to a club who finished 11 places and 20 points behind you in the Championship who you’ve lost to once in the last 13 meetings dating back 20 years must be especially challenging to reconcile with.
Unfortunately for the Hatters, but to the delight of Bristol City, that scenario played out on Friday evening as Kal Naismith’s departure from Kenilworth Road was confirmed, eight days after it had been published he had been offered a new deal in Bedfordshire.
