‘I used to be stacking Sainsbury’s cabinets final summer season – now I’m a Championship participant’
Bristol City noticed Josh Stokes and determined he was going straight of their basket.
The Robins are reported to have splurged £250,000 to accumulate the 19-year-old from Aldershot, the place he’ll return on mortgage for the rest of the season. It’s understood Premier League outfit Brentford and Coventry City had been additionally in pursuit of the attacking midfielder who additionally excels on the wing.
The Championship transfer is the second vital step up for Stokes within the house of eight months, multiplying his switch worth 50 occasions over after becoming a member of The Shots from eighth-tier Sudbury for simply £5,000 final July. It was round that point the up-and-comer was nonetheless stacking cabinets at his native Sainsbury’s like every other teen hoping to earn a buck.
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But it seems Stokes’ days working on the grocery store are effectively and actually over after snaring the eye of some heavy hitters in latest months. And it is little marvel as to why after he is bagged 16 targets and two assists in 30 appearances for National League Aldershot up to now this time period.
“I’m delighted to signal for Bristol City, it’s a large membership with large ambition,” said the starlet upon completing his latest move. “They’re a club that gives young players an opportunity and I’m looking forward to the next few years.”
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Although the Shots are nonetheless at the moment ninth within the National League and out of doors the play-off spots, their assault has seemed promotion-worthy at occasions. Tommy Widdrington’s facet have scored 48 targets in 28 league video games up to now – solely six groups have managed extra – and Stokes has been accountable for greater than 1 / 4 of these.
Widdrington mentioned it “came as no surprise” groups in England’s higher echelons had raised curiosity within the participant and mentioned he believed Stokes’ soccer journey “could be special.” The £250,000 felling fee is a new club record for Aldershot.
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The sky seems to be the restrict for the participant as he seeks to complete the National League marketing campaign in the identical method he is began regardless of his impending transfer up the divisions. And he might even improve to Waitrose as his grocery store of selection.
