Situations change, financial outlooks alter, pandemics occasionally happen. But whereas in previous years, Bristol City have approached summer transfer windows with a desire for forward-based players, and established ones at that, or a time-honoured yearning for Barry Bannan, this season’s most wanted transfer among the Robins’ fanbase appears to be a League Two right-back on a free transfer.
On the face of it, it does say something about how expectations have transformed at Ashton Gate, from a play-off challenge being the baseline to something approaching Championship survival and signs of steady progression, but it also speaks of one of City’s position of need, a wider understanding of the lack of resources post-lockdown and, crucially, the talent of the man in question.
Kane Wilson was named League Two Player of the Season at the EFL Awards on Sunday, just over 24 hours after Forest Green Rovers secured their promotion to League One for the first time in their history with a 0-0 draw at Bristol Rovers.
