Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

[Carl Dale's Mole]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66124536

Does this mean we’ve given up on Ejuke?

I doubt it. Bulut has said he wants 8-10 signings and is prioritizing attacking players. There's room for both.

Imagine both

[the other bob wilson]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

I doubt it. Bulut has said he wants 8-10 signings and is prioritizing attacking players. There's room for both.

Imagine both

Not so sure about that. What's his name Costello who is a journalist who tweets about the City a lot, said that City were in for Meite a few weeks back, but nothing came of it because it looked like he was off to mainland Europe, but he posted something yesterday saying that the "situation changed" on Wednesday and City resurrected their interest - could the thing which changed the situation be Ejuke deciding not to come here?

Anyway, although not many of them will have been in the last couple of season's, there's some very good finished in this lot.

[AdrianAlston]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66124536

Does this mean we’ve given up on Ejuke?

You'd think so. They play the same position. I thought Ejuke had turned us down.

[AdrianAlston]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

Largely playing on the right by all accounts.

If 4-2-3-1 is Bulut's preferred approach, I guess he'd be looking to play him on the right of the three (with, hopefully, Ejuke on the left, and then an experienced head to pull the strings in the middle of the three...).

I think O'Dowda, Ojo and Tanner will be the left wingers.

Our 1st three signings are direct replacements for the 3 loanees; Kipre, Philogene and Kaba.

The returning Collins (Nkounkou) , Adams (Sang), Davies (Isaak is a direct replacement for Harris) and Evans (Whyte) add depth.

Still need to replace Nelson and add an attacking midfielder after it turned out that Sawyers was not up to this role

[J R Hartley]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

4 goals and 3 assists last season in a terrible side, barely played the season before due to injury, and the one before that he scored 12 in 25

They were not that terrible, due to their financial irregularities it made their position look worse than what it was. They were certainly not as terrible a side as we were and Robinson managed 11 goal involvements, Kaba, whose goals we need to replace, managed to bang in 7 in 16.

I liked what I saw of Meite a few years ago but he’s spent large part of the last two seasons injured and his career has stalled.

Let’s hope he is over the injury problems and he can recapture his form of 3 seasons ago.

[Chris Pontprennau Blues]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

Presumably coming in to increase options. A big improvement on Harris if a direct replacement, he's scored 40+ goals in the Championship as a starting point; think about 30 of them were against us

[gabbsthenewt]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

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Ie. You can expect him to have a decently comparable goalscoring threat when on the pitch, but only available 60% of the time. Still that's 60% more than Vassell and far better threat than Etete.

[Rjk]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

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Ie. You can expect him to have a decently comparable goalscoring threat when on the pitch, but only available 60% of the time. Still that's 60% more than Vassell and far better threat than Etete.

I guess that 60% is massively inflated by the cruciate ligament injury that wiped out a season.

Joao is going on a free as well isn't he? I wonder where he will end up

[Carl Dale's Mole]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

Not so sure about that. What's his name Costello who is a journalist who tweets about the City a lot, said that City were in for Meite a few weeks back, but nothing came of it because it looked like he was off to mainland Europe, but he posted something yesterday saying that the "situation changed" on Wednesday and City resurrected their interest - could the thing which changed the situation be Ejuke deciding not to come here?

Anyway, although not many of them will have been in the last couple of season's, there's some very good finished in this lot.

I dunno ToBW, the way all the ITKers are talking. Sounds as if they are both in play and not either/or.

Anyway, every day that Ejuke doesn't sign is another day where a better team can grab him. Feels like we missed our chance :(

[Rjk]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

I dunno ToBW, the way all the ITKers are talking. Sounds as if they are both in play and not either/or.

Anyway, every day that Ejuke doesn't sign is another day where a better team can grab him. Feels like we missed our chance :(

90%+ of ITKers know no more than anyone else

[Michael Morris]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

Wales Online summing up this morning: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...tical-27258047

Erol Bulut's clear Cardiff City transfer plan taking shape and what's to come in next phase of recruitment

The Bluebirds are closing in on their third signing and they are by no means done yet.

It's so refreshing to see a fan base so rejuvenated, revitalised, by this new Cardiff City.

Of course, heading into any new season there is optimism. Supporters cautiously convincing themselves that this is their year. Perhaps expectations are not as lofty as that just yet at Cardiff, but there is hope that this upcoming season is far better than the last two. Admittedly, that isn't difficult.

There is an element of the unknown which adds to the intrigue and excitement, of course. Erol Bulut is an unfamiliar name to City's supporters, while Ike Ugbo and Dimitrios Goutas are also scarcely known, too.

After two seasons of doom-mongering, though, we can forgive fans for allowing themselves to get carried away. It's what football is all about, after all.

Bulut is also fuelling that excitement by his signings. Ugbo brings an element of the unknown after two good seasons in Belgium but two less fruitful ones thereafter. Goutas is a proven defender and brings experience - he was one of the first targets Bulut had on his wish list.

And now Cardiff are set to announced their third signing of the summer, Yakou Meite who joins as a free agent following seven years with Reading. A forward, who can play as a striker or out wide, who notched double figures for his goals tally in three successive seasons before a nasty ACL injury which has again resulted in two less successful campaigns.

But the reaction has been positive from Cardiff fans, and Reading supporters are gutted to see him leave. Indeed, they thought he was bound for a top-flight move overseas before he was snared by the Bluebirds.

Bulut's transfer plan has been clear since the day of his unveiling. Cardiff's attack simply has to be better this year if they are to have a fighting chance of scaling the ladder in what looks like an incredibly competitive league this year. Given they are hamstrung once again this summer, unable to pay fees, City are never going to be able to attract the very top talents. They are after those who need a second chance or have a need to prove themselves. They are shopping in a different, but extremely competitive, market and supporters seem broadly encouraged by their early-window dealings.

All of this comes with two major deals floating in the background, including the big, white elephant in the room; Aaron Ramsey. The other being Chidera Ejuke of CSKA Moscow. Clearly, with two higher-profile names being bandied around, it heightens not only the excitement but the expectation.

With Ejuke, well the current situation is that Bulut, and Cardiff, are big fans. He is a pacey winger who would add real quality to the final third for City. It would replace the void left by Jaden Philogene's exit and then some, according to those on the inside at Cardiff.

Any potential deal is not straightforward, though, and this one in particular has its complications. Ejuke was granted a temporary suspension to his contract in Russia last year and was allowed to join Hertha BSC for a season. Cardiff are hoping to take advantage of a similar ruling this time around.

Reports in Russia state he has been granted the same suspension as last year, handing a major boost to City's pursuit of him. However, as with any player of real quality, the Bluebirds are not the only ones circling and they have a battle on their hands to get it over the line. If they did, it would be some coup.

Then, there is Ramsey. Giving a brief precis of what has been reported extensively over recent weeks; Cardiff would welcome him back with open arms, Ramsey would love to return to his boyhood club one day and his next move will be dictated by reuniting his family after a year on the Cote d'Azur with Nice.

Throw in the fact that chairman Mehmet Dalman said he had announcements coming that would prompt City to sell out their entire allocation of season tickets and Cardiff supporters think they have put two and two together.

We've been here before, of course, with Gareth Bale last year. The former Wales captain was a real target for City and talks were held with him before he informed the club he had chosen to join Los Angeles FC. Bluebirds will hope they aren't burnt again this time around and that the pull of Ramsey returning to where it all began for him will prove greater than it was for Bale, who admittedly had never played for the club.

A player of Ramsey's quality, though, will also have other potential suitors. So it's a complicated one and, again, as hard as it might be, patience is very much needed.

All five of those names - the three signed and the two others who are targets - all have an emphasis on upping City's goal tally. Indeed, even when Cardiff announced the signing of centre-back Goutas, Bulut made a point of stating that he would help his side score from set pieces.

So, that's where we are at the moment. Bulut reiterated once again this week that he wants up to 10 signings so there is still a way to go. He also hinted that adding to the defence is not out of the question before the window closes. Cardiff do look a bit thin beyond Mark McGuinness and Goudas at centre-back, so that might be a consideration.

It's important to note, too, that Bulut is prepared to wait until the end of the window before pulling the trigger on final transfers. Better players who thought they might play parts for so-called bigger clubs, both domestic and overseas, who are allowed to leave in the final throes of the window. So after the initial flurry, don't be surprised if there are fallow periods, too.

The plan has been clear at the start of this Bulut era, though, and supporters are liking what they are seeing so far. From transfers to tweaked tactics, supporters are enjoying what they are seeing this summer.

[Carl Dale's Mole]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

90%+ of ITKers know no more than anyone else

Good job I'm talking about the 10% then

I'm ITK about ITKers!

[Harry Paget Flashman]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

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Ie. You can expect him to have a decently comparable goalscoring threat when on the pitch, but only available 60% of the time. Still that's 60% more than Vassell and far better threat than Etete.

When are we signing Baldock?

[BLUETIT]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

When are we signing Baldock?

The day after Blackadder

[splott parker]

Re: Transfer Rumours | Summer 2023

The day after Blackadder

You are LOM and I claim my £5