Town have agreed a fee with Bristol City for central defender Adam Webster.

It was initially reported that the Blues would receive £5 million for the 23-year-old, however, the Bristol Post says the initial figure is £3.5 million rising to £8 million, presumably after appearance milestones as per the deal which saw Aaron Cresswell join West Ham in 2014.

TWTD understands some of the fee the Blues will receive will go to Webster's former club Portsmouth, who are due a percentage of the profit Town have made on the deal, believed to be 20 per cent.

Webster cost the Blues £700,000 plus Matt Clarke - who is believed to have been valued at £100,000 - when he signed in the summer of 2016.

The defender is at Ashton Gate this afternoon to undergo a medical with the deal looking likely to go through later today.

News that the Robins had renewed their interest in Webster broke last night as a replacement for Aden Flint, who has moved to Middlesbrough for £7 million.

Webster made 48 starts and five sub appearances in an injury-hit spell, scoring one goal.

The money received for Webster gives greater scope for new boss Paul Hurst to pay fees as he looks to add to his squad ahead of the new season, having already signed Trevoh Chalobah on a season-long loan from Chelsea.

As reported earlier, Hurst is in the process of trying to sign free agent former Crawley Town winger Jordan Roberts, while another wideman, a central defender to replace Webster and probably a striker are likely to be among his other targets.

Earlier this week the Blues were linked with a move for Blackpool centre-half Curtis Tilt, while Shrewsbury's Aristote Nsiala, also a central defender, has been mentioned in connection with Town on a number of occasions, although his former boss Hurst played down those reports on Monday.

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bobble added 12:25 - Jun 28 hopefully we can sell huws for 8 m as well....
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TonyHumesIpswich added 13:19 - Jun 28 Huws is injured so unlikely.
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Gcon added 13:29 - Jun 28 AgentP You know what i am saying. Over the last ten years the quality of football has gradually deteriorated. Over the last ten years attendance has gone down from 25k to 15k. That pattern is consistent - not specific to one manager or another. In the round, if you don't buy decent players you don't play decent football and if you don't play decent football people stop supporting. Buying a football is either a vanity project you can afford or it's an investment with a view to selling it for a profit on promotion. ME is evidently not the first of those and he won't achieve the second if he doesn't invest in the club. His only hope is luck. Which is our only hope too.

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agentp added 14:35 - Jun 28 gcon, yup, but as no-one else seems to step forward to buy the club best support the manager and team. Just amazes me the assumptions and twisted ideas of how things work. I would just hate my life if I looked at things like that, but be a very unhappy and tedious existence. PH wants to mould his side. He opts to sell a player and the rebuild begins, yet still the numpties aren't happy. One poster here has complained about Chalobah (not ours) Complained about Roberts (Too inexperienced) Complained about Connolly (Too young) Complained we don't buy from lower leagues (yet uninspired by Tilt) Complained about premiership journeymen. WTF does he want? It isn't about ITFC or Marcus. It isn't about PH. It's moaning for the sake of it cos he is either a budgy or was bullied at school.

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Gcon added 14:48 - Jun 28 AgentP I only ever get accused over supporting managers on this site. Majority of people on here don't seem to like it.....
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happybeingblue added 18:41 - Jun 29 well thats 3 crocs who have moved on tickety boo
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