Callum O'Dowda signs for Ferencváros

That's a shame. Our squad of "Championship" players is rapidly being depleted.

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Originally Posted by tforturton

Salary spending is capped to 60% of income in League One - we have to cut costs drastically.

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If O’Dowda leaves, the only players left at the club this season where we have to include their salaries for financial fair play (due to when they signed their current contracts) are:

Callum Robinson
Kion Etete
Sekou Kaba
Yousef Salech

I think the salaries of recent signings Mathew Apter and Charlie O’Brien will also now be included as, although both are currently under 21, they’ve not been part of the youth set up at Cardiff for 3+ years.

I think we’re OK this season regards financial rules.

https://x.com/CardiffCityFC/status/1941137558047772967

Callum O'Dowda has completed a permanent transfer to Hungarian side Ferencváros TC for an undisclosed fee, subject to international clearance.

We’d like to thank Callum for his efforts over the past three seasons and wish him the best of luck for the future.

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Originally Posted by tforturton

Salary spending is capped to 60% of income in League One - we have to cut costs drastically.

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It is 60% of a modified turnover figure, e.g. net transfer (or loan) spends are added to (or subtracted from) turnover and capital injections can be added (subject to modification above £0.5m).

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Originally Posted by mattsonthebeach

https://x.com/CardiffCityFC/status/1941137558047772967

Callum O'Dowda has completed a permanent transfer to Hungarian side Ferencváros TC for an undisclosed fee, subject to international clearance.

We’d like to thank Callum for his efforts over the past three seasons and wish him the best of luck for the future.

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All the best, O'Dowda, one of the best committed players last season :thumbup:

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Originally Posted by Rjk

According to transfermarkt Tsunoda has played 2 games as LB in hs entire career - and in one of them he got a red card

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Sounds hopeful
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Signed by Robbie Keane.

This is nothing personal about COD, more a personal observation of mine.

I have said it before on here, I believe our steady decline began when we started picking up Bristol City’s best players.

It seems the new measure of how far we have come in such a small amount of time, is when our fans are saying how sad to it would be to see him go.

Again, nothing against COD, as he seemed to give his best. Good luck to him.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

It’s beginning to look like we have to if we want new signings.

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If that really is the case, Bob, the handling of the club under Tan is even more dysfunctional than we could have ever envisaged.


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This is what happens, you lose some players that you actually want to keep, replace them with seasoned league 1 vets or youth players, in a couple of seasons if we haven't gone up we are just an average league 1 team.

I wanted to keep players like him and Robinson on as on their day they actually can play at a higher level. O'Dowda maybe one of the more expendable for me though, i'll never be convinced he's a left back, needed to be played as a wing back to at least have the space to move forward into without being too concerned defensively.

At league 1 level he would have coped fine and as such it's a shame to see him move on.

Sorry to see him go but not too concerned.
Aside from his injuries I was never sure that we were getting the best from him playing at full back or as a winger. He’d become a hybrid.
He always tried hard and that was even more obvious when he wore the captains armband.
Good luck to him.

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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa

I thought he looked out of plaice defensively

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He seemed all at sea.

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Originally Posted by BLUEAWAY TOO

Sorry to see him go but not too concerned.
Aside from his injuries I was never sure that we were getting the best from him playing at full back or as a winger. He’d become a hybrid.
He always tried hard and that was even more obvious when he wore the captains armband.
Good luck to him.

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I agree with this ... he never took full backs apart and how many assists last season?

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Originally Posted by Chris Pontprennau Blues

I agree with this ... he never took full backs apart and how many assists last season?

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2 goals and 3 assists isn't at all bad for a fullback in a team that didn't score many.

Think he was our most consistent and workmanlike player last season, and probably our best until Salech showed up, as much as that's damning with faint praise. Unless we've got some signings coming through that door, I'm not sure how this can really be spun as a positive.

I wonder if he got a release clause put in when he signed the new contract in January

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Originally Posted by Rjk

I wonder if he got a release clause put in when he signed the new contract in January

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Yes I suspect that was the case, also ensured the club got a fee for him

I wonder if he’s referring to the potential takeover when he says “ I hope for positive news for the fans” in his statement

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Originally Posted by Rjk

I wonder if he got a release clause put in when he signed the new contract in January

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Very Good point, in which case it’ll also be the same as Callum Robinson who coincidentally is also absent from training this week.

He always gave his all, no one can argue with that. Felt he was wasted as a defender as he couldn’t defend and was never far enough forward to make an impact, where his strength is.

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Originally Posted by NYCBlue

That's a shame. Our squad of "Championship" players is rapidly being depleted.

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i would say that they have been the worst team we've had in quiet awhile.

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Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK

i would say that they have been the worst team we've had in quiet awhile.

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Which is why I think NYCblue used quotation marks.