, Leeds United’s Barry Douglas in talks with Bristol City – on loan at Blackburn Rovers last season

Leeds United’s Barry Douglas in talks with Bristol City – on loan at Blackburn Rovers last season

Bristol City have ‘opened talks’ to sign Leeds United’s Barry Douglas, reports Football Insider.

Douglas, 31, looks set to leave Leeds United at the end of this month when his current contract expires.

The Scot has been a good servant to the Yorkshire club having been there since his 2018 move from Wolves, helping the Whites to their promotion into the Premier League last year.

He featured 30 times in the Championship for Blackburn Rovers last season but now looks set for Bristol City, with Football Insider reporting that there is strong interest’ in the full-back but that Nigel Pearson’s Bristol City are leading the transfer chase.

The Robins finished poorly under the former Leicester City boss, eventually placing in 19th of the final Championship table after ending the season on a run of 10 games without a win, losing their final four games of the campaign.

Douglas though would bring a degree of experience and stability to an otherwise turgid defence at Ashton Gate, in what needs to be a busy summer for Pearson.

Thoughts?

Douglas is a hugely experienced player.

Although he’s never quite established himself on the international stage with Scotland, he’s won promotion from the Championship twice with Wolves and later Leeds United, and so he brings a certain degree of experience to whichever side he signs for.

That now looks to be Bristol City. They were a shambles last season but the arrival of Douglas would not only bolster their defence, he’d also be someone for the younger players to look up to and learn from and so it makes for a potentially good signing all round.

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