Football Goal-shy Robins reportedly interested in Danish striker Junker
SINCE the last international break, Bristol City have scored just five Championship goals, the joint least in the division, across nine games.
Maybe partly because of that - and City’s 20 goals scored in 20 games this season, at an average of one goal a game - the Robins have been linked to a new forward.
Reports suggest City will battle it out with Swansea City, Derby County and Middlesbrough for Danish forward Kasper Junker.
Junker has hit 27 goals in 25 games across 2020 to help Eliteserien outfit Bodo/Glimt to win the Norweigian league by a healthy 19 points - with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s former side Molde finishing as runners-up.
Junker has attracted interest from elsewhere due to his good performances. Steve Cooper’s Swansea side are believed to be particularly interested in recruiting a forward in the coming window, and the South Wales side may be leading the race for the former Denmark Under-21 player.
Reports earlier in the year suggested Barnsley were another English side keeping an eye on the player, along with VFL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.
Crystal Palace and West Brom are also credited with taking a look at the player who previously scored 10 goals in seven seasons in the Danish Superliga with Randers, AGF and Horsens, before a loan spell with Stabaek saw six goals plundered from 12 games, leading to a move to the now Norwegian champions.
Bristol City head coach Dean Holden has explained he wants his side to aim for an average of two goals a game - and to do that fur
ther quality at the sharp end of the pitch may be needed. Could Junker fit the bill?
However, the links should maybe be taken with a pinch of salt. A few weeks ago the Robins were linked with left-back George Cox of Fortuna Sittard - but the Bristol Post understands those reports are wide of the mark.
We recently asked Holden on his
plans for the January transfer window, and the head coach admitted he was “open to possibilities”.
“We are open to everything, with the window approaching,” he said last week.
“We have to be mindful with the window opening that people may come in for our players, and we have to be open.
“We are spending some time in the background seeing who is available, who might be out there and the main thing for me is to try and get these injured players back, because they will be like new signings.
“We have not seen most of them for a good while now, so if we can get them back in around January, February time, that will be a real boost for us.”