Bristol City narrowly missed out on an unexpected top six finish last year, and centre-back partnership of Tomas Kalas and Adam Webster was a large reason for that.

But with success comes attention, and when you're falling short of the play-offs then your best players tend to be looked at, either by teams pushing to go up or - even worse - established Premier League teams.

Unfortunately for the Robbins it looks like the latter is true.

According to Bristol Live and the Mirror, four top tier sides have their eyes on the centre back in Watford, Newcastle United, Southampton and Burnley.

Still only just 24, the centre-back joined Bristol City last summer as a replacement for Aden Flint. According to the East Anglian Daily Times, Webster joined for £3.5million from Ipswich last year, with the potential to rise to £8million.

With big Premier League teams knocking at the door, it's going to be hard for Bristol City to fight them off.

But say if Newcastle United do come knocking - or the other clubs - will Webster be ready for the pressures of the Premier League? Do his stats back up his performances? We take a look at some of his stats from last season to decide.

To start with, Webster managed to chip in with three goals throughout the season in his 44 appearances. Obviously, that is a healthy return for a centre-half, and while it's not quite what Aden Flint was returning, three goals a season is a fair return.

He averages 4.3 clearances per game, which isn't a massive amount, but that can speak a lot about how many chances Bristol City concede and how often they choose to clear the ball rather than play out from the back.

For example, two of the three players with the highest averages in the league for clearances per game play for Bolton in second and third. Mark Beevers and David Wheater both make 7.7 and 7.4 clearances per game respectively, with Jordy de Wijs topping the leaderboard with an average of 7.8. It should also be noted that nobody within the top six for average clearances was part of a team in the top half of the table.

So while Webster's average is fairly average for this stat, it is not too telling about his ability to perform in the Premier League.

Webster has a great score for interceptions, average 2.1 per game, which shows his ability in reading the game and eradicating danger.

He has the the joint 10th best average in the league, and the highest for anyone who has played more than 40 games.

Here's another stat which proves Webster's quality; he averages 6.4 aerial duels won a game - the second highest of any centre-back in the league. This is an impressive stat for a defender that is six foot and two inches; Webster, while not the tallest player in the league, clearly has immense strength and a great jump to be able to have such impressive aerial stats.

For passing stats, he averages 58.6 passes a game, an impressive 11th in the division, which shows how comfortable he is to get on the ball and make a pass. While having a low percentage of passing accuracy with 74 per cent, he averages a lot more long balls than the average centre back in this league. To prove the quality of his ball, he averages 0.6 key passes a game, which is one of the highest in the division for a centre-half.

Webster's qualities are shown through these stats: a dominant centre-back who imposes himself on the game and is comfortable on the ball.

He has the makings of a quality centre-back. One in which that Premier League teams are rightly interested in; for a side like Burnley or Newcastle for example, whose centre-backs play a lot of long balls and are required to be very strong and good in the air, then his stats suggest he would fit the bill comfortably.

Finally, as a cherry on the cake, WhoScored rated him the highest centre-back in the league for his average rating, getting a 7.3/10 on average for the season; Liam Cooper was the second highest centre back with 7.29. While average ratings are hard to quantify, he wouldn't have that stat unless he was a top player.