Jason Knight admits his move to Bristol City from Derby County has been a long-time coming with Nigel Pearson's personal intervention helping convince him Ashton Gate is where he wants to play his football.
Knight has become City’s fourth signing of the summer in a package understood to be worth around £1.75million. The Republic of Ireland international has signed a four-year contract at Ashton Gate and follows Ross McCrorie, Rob Dickie and Haydon Roberts as new arrivals into Nigel Pearson’s squad for the 2023/24 campaign.
The 22-year-old is similar to McCrorie and Roberts in the sense he had cover multiple positions, having spent long periods last season at right wing-back, but City look to have brought him in primarily as a central midfielder to reinforce and reinvigorate an ageing area of the team.
