Football Knight-Lebel happy with how Swindon loan move is going

JAMIE Knight-Lebel has shed light on his “late” loan switch to Swindon Town, with the Bristol City prospect enjoying his first few weeks at the County Ground having made the temporary move from Ashton Gate on transfer deadline day.

- Dan CARTER

Jamie Knight-Lebel, right, in action for Swindon against Bromley

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Knight-Lebel was one of three City players to depart south Bristol on loan in the final hours of the summer transfer window, with fellow Under-21 regular Adam Murphy also making the short move along the M4, while Sam Bell traded BS3 for Adams Park to spend the season with Wycombe Wanderers.

Having made his Swindon debut from the bench against Harrogate Town in September, the 20-year-old has started each of Ian Holloway’s side’s last three League Two matches, even finding the net from defence in the 3-2 defeat to Salford City.

After enjoying a successful loan spell in the fourth tier with Crewe Alexandra last term, Knight-Lebel spent much of preseason in and around Gerhard Struber’s squad. While that proved to be valuable for his development and the defender still wants to compete for a place in City’s ranks, he felt another loan spell was the best next step for his career.

“It was pretty late,’ the defender explained in a Swindon press conference. “It was deadline day, so I literally heard about it a couple of hours prior to it, and I wanted to get it done as soon as I found out.