Bristol City have beaten Celtic to the signing of Tomas Kalas, with the transfer expected to be confirmed within the next 24 hours.
Bristol Live understands the Robins have secured the Czech Republic international on a permanent deal from Chelsea following his successful loan spell at Ashton Gate last season.
The 26-year-old will also become the club's highest-paid player, as per our sources.
Kalas made 38 Championship appearances for City and struck up a fine partnership with Adam Webster forming one of the best centre-back duos in the division.
Fulham should sign Adam Webster. :005:
Rubbish, wish we signed him permanently a couple of years ago when we had the chance
That's a real shame IMO, very jealous
Why so jealous? He could not get his place back in our team
also note that he will be their highest paid player whatever that means.
Such a click bait headline
Quote from: JoelH5 on June 27, 2019, 06:31:15 PM
Such a click bait headline
My initial thought. 082.gif
The ones that get away always seem more attractive.
Have we any idea of the transfer fee and do we really think Kalas is better than Mawson and Ream.
Was never that impressed by Kallas despite the constant love in fans had with him.
Good for him. He was a professional loanee for too long, and deserved a permanent spot somewhere.
Quote from: filham on June 27, 2019, 07:33:42 PM
Have we any idea of the transfer fee and do we really think Kalas is better than Mawson and Ream.
No & no. Presumably something like £4m in today's crazy market?
Better than Mawson?- difficult to say as he's always knacked. Ream is a busted flush. And Stoneleigh Loyalist. Started on the drink early? ridiculous statement.
I'd have purchased him 2 years ago. Bet City finish higher than us. I regret.
Quote from: MikeW on June 27, 2019, 08:17:32 PM
Better than Mawson?- difficult to say as he's always knacked. Ream is a busted flush. And Stoneleigh Loyalist. Started on the drink early? ridiculous statement.
I'd have purchased him 2 years ago. Bet City finish higher than us. I regret.
You forgotten an out of position Denis Odoi was a better player during 17-18.
Kalas is a good championship player. We have 4 good championship CBs in Mawson, MLM, Ream and Odoi. He's a player we didn't need.
Quote from: Facts Not Fiction on June 27, 2019, 08:47:56 PM
Quote from: MikeW on June 27, 2019, 08:17:32 PM
Better than Mawson?- difficult to say as he's always knacked. Ream is a busted flush. And Stoneleigh Loyalist. Started on the drink early? ridiculous statement.
I'd have purchased him 2 years ago. Bet City finish higher than us. I regret.
You forgotten an out of position Denis Odoi was a better player during 17-18.
Well an out of position Denis Odoi is currently our only right-sided CB. So let's see how well he does in 19-20.
Hey mods why change the thread title? Or is a little light hearted fun not allowed anymore?
I think players that stay on Chelsea's books making mega cash before going on to another club demanding big money are the sort of players to steer clear of
I don't think we should be too gutted by this - the man was replaced by Dennis Odoi in our promotion season, who was brought in as a full back.
I appreciate everything he done for the club, but bringing him back on a sentimental value wouldn't be good in my opinion, and we have better centre backs than him at the club anyway, again, in my opinion.
If he was that good, we would have signed him permanently upon promotion..
Quote from: chrisburt13 on June 28, 2019, 09:52:03 AM
we have better centre backs than him at the club anyway, again, in my opinion
if you class Odoi as a full back, as you have done, then we don't have a better right-footed CB at the club than Kalas. In fact we don't have a single right-footed CB in the first team as far as I'm aware
Has he actually signed for them?
I'd take him back...
He deserves a club and good luck at bristol.
Good luck to him, but he didn't command a starting spot at the end of our promotion season so is he really good enough for our ambitions now?
Probably not.
Since we lost Hughes and Hangeland we have been in need of a big, dominant commanding centre back who would be the focal point of our defence, At the moment we have a group of reasonable championship level centre backs, Kalas would become just more of the same.