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title: "Confirmed: Nathan Baker joins Bristol City"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Daniel Emery"
section: "Features & Analysis"
published: "2017-07-28T20:10:23Z"
modified: "2017-07-28T20:10:23Z"
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# Confirmed: Nathan Baker joins Bristol City

Aston Villa defender Nathan Baker has completed his move to Bristol City, it has been confirmed.

> Twitter: ![✍️](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/2.3/svg/270d.svg) Nathan Baker signs for #BristolCity for an undisclosed fee, signing a four-year deal. #WelcomeBack\
> https://t.co/KDCqIglRa4 (@bcfctweets)

Baker’s new club have confirmed the deal, with the defender signing a long-term contract with Bristol City.

The centre-back was one of a number of players told that they could leave the club this summer, along with the likes of Ross McCormack and Tommy Elphick.

![Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readastonvilla.com/readastonvilla/2017/07/624191586.jpg)

The fee is undisclosed, with little indications over what Villa have received for his services.

Baker ends a 13-year stay at Aston Villa, having joined the youth academy in 2004.

The 26-year-old made his first-team debut in 2009 and went on to play 115 league matches for Villa, in the Premier League and Championship.

Baker now returns to one of the sides he was on loan to earlier in his career. The central defender spent the 2015/16 season on loan to Bristol City.