Round ups from Bristol City, Wycombe, Oxford, Swindon and Cheltenham

Bristol City are very close to signing 22-year-old winger Yannick Bolasie from Plymouth Argyle.

Bolasie, who still had a year left to run on his contract with the cash strapped Pilgrims, made 38 appearances this season and hit the net seven times and has completed a medical at Ashton Gate. The person who needs to process the paperwork is on a beach somewhere and that is the only reason the deal hasn't been completed.

He signed for Argyle in 2008 but spent time on loan at Barnet – the former club of City’s other highly rated winger Albert Adomah. Unlike Adomah though he doesn’t get up and down the flanks as much, although this might change once boss Keith Millen gets his claws into him!

Former England keeper David James, who will be 41 when the new season starts, has also indicated that he is ready to extend his stay with City for a second season, but this could mean that second choice Dean Gerken, 23, ups sticks and looks for a new club rather than warming the bench or playing with the stiffs.

Meanwhile Wycombe boss Gary Waddock has moved to strengthen the Chairboys for their return to League One by signing striker-cum-winger Joel Grant.

Grant, 23, played for Waddock during his spell managing Aldershot and the lad was released by Crewe at the end of the season.

Wycombe’s central defender Chris Westwood, 34, has turned down a one year deal and is expected to sign for Wrexham where he will probably feature on a more regular basis.

Former Chelsea central defender Michael Duberry has joined Oxford who have also employed former Sunderland manager Malcolm Crosby as manager Chris Wilder’s assistant.

Swindon winger Jon-Paul McGovern has been linked to join former Town boss Danny Wilson at Sheffield United. The former Wednesday favourite was originally told he could leave Swindon when Wilson arrived and so it would be a major surprise if this one came off – oh and J-P’s high stock on the blue side of the steel city would plummet overnight.

Cheltenham have lost leading scorer Wes Thomas to League Two new boys and moneybags Crawley Town – for nowt. Thomas, 24, netted 19 times for the Robins last term and – as I’ve said before on this blog – the board missed a trick by not signing him up on a longer deal after the first couple of months of last season. Presumably Mark Yates will be looking to add another striker as a replacement for Thomas, but young hot shot Ethan Moore has just signed professional terms and so is expected to back up current front man Jeff Goulding.