The last Championship game Sol Bamba started was a year ago today. City were thumped 6-1 at QPR and Bamba was taken off at half-time.

This season he started the 3-0 EFL Cup defeat at Northampton (he was taken off after 67 minutes) and has played a grand total of 30 minutes of Championship football during 5 sub appearances. Bamba will be 36 in January. If Harris can somehow get him off the books it will be the best bit of work he's done for a while.