Bristol City extend midfielder Mark Sykes’ contract

Bristol City have announced they have extended Irish midfielder Mark Sykes’ contract by 12 months, keeping him at Ashton Gate until summer of 2026.

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00:00Bristol City have announced that they have extended the contract of Irish midfielder

00:04Mark Sykes until summer of 2026, meaning he will stay at Ashton Gate for an additional

00:0912 months.

00:11Mark Sykes is quite an interesting player. He's played a lot of games for Bristol, 82

00:17over the last three seasons in all competitions, fantastic servant and the fans really take

00:24a lot of love towards him. He's extended his contract at Bristol City. How important

00:30is that for Liam Manning's side and where can it take him and his future at the club?

00:36Quite somewhere. He got his first goal of the season against Oxford United at the weekend,

00:41equalising of course in what was a really tough game for Bristol City given the context

00:45of the red cards that they suffered. To get him tied down in the Republic of Ireland international

00:50to another 12-month deal. Having seen him being linked away, perhaps to a move to Stoke

00:56City, another championship side. Yeah, I think they'll be happy with that one.