Get them all in.
+ Visit Cardiff FC for Latest News, Transfer Gossip, Fixtures and Match Results |
We’ve clearly had a poor transfer window, but could there be any potential for free agents?
https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/laci.../spieler/69006
A couple of midfielders could help - Touré or Cabaye on pay as you play deals until the end of the season?
Traore whilst not having a good scoring record could fit into our system as sole striker?
Might be clutching but can only hope.
Get them all in.
I see Ledley is now a free agent.
Would take Ledley. Good option on low wages if we hit another injury crisis.
Ledley - Cabaye - Toure
****ing yes please.
All of our central midfielders, with the exception of Camarasa, are going to be DM options - including Paterson. Even Bamba is cover in an absolute emergency.
Seeing fans suggest Ledley as an option is genuinely a disappointing sight. His legs have gone and he was deemed to be behind Bryson, Huddlestone and Andy King in the pecking order of a Championship team. He would be miles off the pace in our team, in my opinion.
Is it the Cardiff connection that blinds people or am I being too harsh?
Giuseppe Rossi is a free agent, training with Man Utd but has no prospect of a contract from them.
I never thought Ledley was that good a midfielder when he was with us. Scored a few goals and was in the right place right time etc but never dictated a game, could never pass and would often go missing. Essentially what Gunnar is now to us.
Fulham have signed Lazar Marković on a free transfer from Liverpool.
Yeah, those two goals he scored at Wembley for us were rubbish weren't they. Ledley was the type of player that was needed to help someone like Steve McPhail play like he could do at his best for us, he was one of the reasons why Jason Koumas was the success he was in his first spell for us and it was because of players like him that we were able to have "luxury" players like Chopra, Bothroyd and McCormack in the same team at times.
According to Wales Online the 25 man squad has already been submitted, so no potential for signing free agents.
Niasse has replaced Madine. Bacuna, Heeley and O'Keefe are now in the mix. Morrison should be back in March.
I assume O'Keefe will be with the u23s when his injury is healed and then will leave in the summer at the end of his contract.
But someone will have to drop out of the 25 to make room for Bacuna, and if Heeley stays and is part of the 25 another one will have to miss out too. It wouldn't surprise me to see one or two contracts terminated by mutual consent (partly paid up) if any of our players have got a club lined up as a 'free agent'.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...squad-15025898
Cardiff City's 25-man Premier League squad:
Neil Etheridge
Alex Smithies
Brian Murphy
Lee Peltier
Jazz Richards
Leandro Bacuna (for Matt Connolly)
Bruno Manga
Sean Morrison
Sol Bamba
Joe Bennett
Greg Cunningham
Aron Gunnarsson
Harry Arter
Joe Ralls
Victor Camarasa
Callum Paterson
Josh Murphy
Kadeem Harris
Junior Hoilett
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
Bobby Decordova-Reid
Kenneth Zohore
Danny Ward
Oumar Niasse (for Gary Madine)
Rhys Healey (for Loic Damour)
Connolly had the Hull moved lined up and Damour was close to a move to the SPL - so if Wales Online have got the 25 man squad right I hope both are allowed to leave the club this month on a free and play football again.