Even in these early steps of what everyone hopes will be a long and successful Bristol City career, it appears Anis Mehmeti has brought something profoundly exciting and different to Nigel Pearson’s squad, while Harry Cornick should prove over time a smart acquisition in attack.
But, for the manager, perhaps the best piece of business conducted over the January window, wasn’t what was added to the team, but taken away.
Mehmeti’s purchase wouldn’t have been permitted without the sale of Antoine Semenyo to Bournemouth for an initial £9million - with Pearson letting slip the full package could be worth £11m "or whatever it is" - but City also had to speculate, but not to accumulate, quite the opposite in fact.
