Nigel Pearson says the January transfer window is further evidence of the progress Bristol City are making to improve the competitiveness of the squad while reducing the wage bill.
City allowed eight players to leave in total, including the likes of Joe Low and Dylan Kadji's loan deals, while bringing in three new players in Nikita Haikin and the deadline day deals of Harry Cornick and Anis Mehmeti. The club raised an initial £9m through Antoine Semenyo's sale, allowed high earner Dan Bentley to join Wolves and came to an agreement to terminate the contracts of Timm Klose and Chris Martin.
Han-Noah Massengo also joined Auxerre on loan until the end of the season which will take him to the end of his deal. Out of the nine who departed, whether permanently or on loan, only Semenyo was featuring regularly for the first-team.
