Nigel Pearson will use the forthcoming World Cup break to finalise Bristol City’s plans for the January transfer window with the Robins manager insistent that if the club are to do business, he wants it to be early in the month otherwise it's, "a waste of time".
City have two more Championship fixtures and a League Cup tie against Lincoln City before the enforced 28-day pause in the season to allow for the World Cup in Qatar.
It does allow squads to take a breather after what will be a pretty relentless schedule of 24 matches in league and cup inside 106 days - one every 4.4 days - and City have some medium-term injury absentees who will be afforded extra time to recover so they’re fit for the resumption of the division on December 10.
