Bristol City boss Gary Johnson has further strengthened his squad with the signing of goalkeeper Dean Gerken and defender Andre Blackman. Gerken has joined City for an undisclosed fee and the 24-year-old will provide competition for Adriano Basso and Stephen Henderson, who is ruled out for six weeks with a broken metatarsal. Blackman, 18, was released by Portsmouth at the end of last season, having been a regular in the Premier League club's reserve team. Bristol City manager Johnson has now recruited three players this week, following the signing of striker David Clarkson from Motherwell on Monday.
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Goalkeeper Dean Gerken has joined Bristol City from Colchester and signed a two-year deal at Ashton Gate. The Robins and the Us agreed an undisclosed fee for the 24-year-old, who has been with Colchester for the past seven seasons.
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Colchester United goalkeeper Dean Gerken has joined Bristol City. The 24-year-old, who spent eight years with the U's, has penned a two-year deal at Ashton Gate. He has joined for an undisclosed fee.
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Bristol City have beaten off other Football League clubs to sign Portsmouth reserve team left-back Andre Blackman on a free transfer. The 18-year-old has agreed a two-year deal at Ashton Gate after being released by the Premier League club.
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Andre Blackman is determined to prove Pompey wrong after completing his move to Bristol City.
The 18-year-old inked a two year deal with the Championship side yesterday after being released by the Blues. Blackman failed to get near the first team in his two years at Fratton Park. Now the left-back is determined to show his old side just what they are missing. Blackman is confident he is ready to make the breakthrough with the Robins. He said: "This is a very big move for me."
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Nottingham Forest have announced they have agreed to sign Bristol City striker Dele Adebola on a two-year deal. Adebola, 33, turned down the offer of a new one-year contract at Ashton Gate to move to the City Ground.
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