FRIDAY'S PRESS TALK
Bristol City goalkeeper Chris Weale has today finally laid to rest speculation on his future by signing for League One champions Leicester City. Foxes manager Nigel Pearson has snapped up the 27-year-old on a pre-contract agreement ensuring Weale will continue to ply his trade in the Coca-Cola Championship next season. Pearson said: "Chris is a player who we have monitored and has been on our wish-list for quite a while now."
Bristol Evening Post
Leicester City have agreed a deal to sign Bristol City goalkeeper Chris Weale on a free transfer. Weale has signed a pre-contract agreement with the League One champions to join the Foxes when his Robins contract expires in the summer. He had also been interesting former club Yeovil Town, where he finished the season on loan after struggling for opportunities at Ashton Gate.
Sky Sports
Leicester City will sign Bristol City goalkeeper Chris Weale on a free transfer when his contract at Ashton Gate expires this summer. The 27-year-old has failed to establish himself with the Robins and Pearson was delighted with the deal. "Chris is a player who has been on our wishlist for quite a while now," he said.
BBC Sport Online
Bristol City's latest academy graduate is desperate to take his chance in English football and then play at international level for one of the three countries he is qualified for. Rob Stambolziev, a skilful left-winger or striker, is Australian by birth but can also play for Macedonia and Greece. Stambolziev was one of four teenagers handed a first professional contract by Bristol City manager Gary Johnson last month.
Bristol Evening Post
Bristol City chairman Steve Lansdown has questioned the city council's commitment towards the club's plans for a new 30,000-seater stadium. Supermarket giant Tesco have confirmed they are ready to pay the club £20million for the Ashton Gate site in order to build a new £120million store and Lansdown has urged the council "not to drag its feet" over the Robins' £80million project. Lansdown said: "If the city wants this stadium and the benefits it brings, then it is no good dragging heels. Bristol always has this habit of being reticent towards being positive about things and they have got to overcome that reticence."
Teamtalk
Paul Holland has written a book with a difference, penning the life story of a lower league footballer and not just his playing career. The 35-year-old's career was cut cruelly short at the age of 29 after 300 plus games for Mansfield, Sheffield United, Chesterfield and Bristol City.
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