TYREIK Wright’s triumphant return should help to lift the cloud hovering over Valley Parade.

Fan frustration has been building with the growing run of five games since the last league win and the sudden exit of Harry Lewis.

With the Jake Young “situation” dragging on and the influential Jamie Walker still on the sidelines, it’s been a challenging period to be a City fan.

Social media has questioned the club’s ambition as they meander along in the bottom half of League Two.

News that Wright is back is just the January lift needed to revive jaded spirits.

Make no mistake, this is an impressive piece of window business for the Bantams.

They beat off a handful of League One clubs and some of the pacesetters in this division to land Wright.

Financially, they will have pushed the boat out to meet Plymouth’s wage demands.

He won’t have come cheap. A year ago, Wright signed for Argyle on a sizeable contract that then increased with promotion to the Championship.

City will be coughing up a fair chunk for his services between now and the end of the season.

More importantly, Wright is back in BD8 because he wants to be. Once City made their interest known, he could not wait for the opportunity to return to the club that got his career going again last season.

The Bantams had been closing in on a deal to keep Wright for good 12 months ago when Plymouth swept in with their interest. It was a no contest given they were blazing a trail on top of League One at the time.

But what seemed a great move for the winger has not lived up to his expectations so far.

He has played just 13 times – four less than in his half-season spell with City – and last stepped on a pitch two months ago at Coventry.

City had hoped to get the deal wrapped up on Friday in time for Wright to be involved at Colchester.

But Plymouth kept him for the weekend where he was an unused sub in West Yorkshire in their 1-1 draw with Huddersfield before rubberstamping his move.

Wright’s only start in the Championship was back in September and he was taken off at half-time as Plymouth were well beaten by Bristol City.

His contract at Home Park runs until the end of next season with a club option for a further 12 months.

But once more, it feels like he joins the Bantams in need of that boost to get back up and running. His new team could do with the same.

Valley Parade will hope he can carry on where he left off and have the same impact as before.