Leart Paqarada completes permanent Bundesliga switch after summer Bristol City transfer links

Leart Paqarada completes permanent Bundesliga switch after summer Bristol City transfer links

Leart Paqarada has completed a permanent transfer to FC Heidenheim from FC Köln, having been linked with a summer switch to Bristol City over the course of the transfer window.

Bristol Live understands the Robins were aware of and monitoring the left-back’s situation at Gerhard Struber’s former club , with Paqarada one of three players training away from the rest of the Köln first team squad under the management of Lukas Kwasniok. However, no deal was, at that stage, thought to be imminent with nothing concrete agreed.

City had first been linked with the 30-year-old by reports in Germany, which suggested reuniting with Struber at Ashton Gate was a possibility for the defender, as was a mov