Here are your Cardiff City headlines for Friday, January 5.
Wales star Danny Ward focused
Cardiff City are concentrating on Wales worldwide goalkeeper Danny Ward, in accordance with reviews.
Ward at present plies his commerce for Leicester City, however spent 5 years of his profession with Premier League giants Liverpool. The 30-year-old was Brendan Rogers’ first alternative man within the Premier League final season, that includes in 26 of the 38 video games, while retaining six clear sheets.
However, he has not picked up any minutes since Leicester’s relegation to the Championship, so could possibly be in the hunt for a problem elsewhere.
The Sun’s Alan Nixon reviews Ward is being focused by each Cardiff and Premier League aspect Sheffield United.
According to Nixon, the Bluebirds need to mortgage the Leicester man for the second half of the 2023/2024 season. It would offer ample alternative for Ward to place his title ahead for a place in Wales’ Euro 2024 squad, ought to they qualify.
Sunderland in for Kieffer Moore amid Cardiff curiosity
Sunderland are being closely linked with a transfer for Kieffer Moore.
The former Cardiff man is needed by the Bluebirds and is regarded as eager on a return to the Welsh capital, however there’s enormous curiosity from elsewhere. As many as seven golf equipment are actually credited with curiosity, with Sunderland’s mentioned to be strongest.
Sunderland signed 4 strikers final summer time, however the quartet have managed only one objective at home between them this season. In the bid for a play-off spot within the Championship, the membership are more likely to be available in the market for a goal-scorer.
Moore signed for the Cherries in 2022 for a payment of £5 million from Cardiff. He’s additionally grow to be an integral a part of the Wales nationwide group in recent years, being a talismanic determine within the attack, famend for his robust maintain up play.
Steve Morison leaves Hornchurch after six months
Former Cardiff City supervisor Steve Morison has left Hornchurch after simply six months on the helm.
The 40-year-old has taken up a brand new position as a substitute for Matt Gray at Sutton United. Morison leaves the Isthmian League membership seven factors clear on the high of the desk.
Gray left the membership after almost 5 years within the scorching seat
Morison loved a year-long stint with Cardiff as supervisor, steering the membership away from relegation within the 2021-2022 season, and was beforehand head coach of the underneath 23s.
Stand-in boss constructive regardless of defeat
Cardiff City stand-in boss Nikolaos Karydas remained constructive regardless of a 4-0 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.
The groups confronted off within the FA Cup on Saturday, with Cardiff being on the improper aspect of the scoreline. Despite not scoring, they have been denied twice from the penalty spot, with goalkeeper Cameron Dawson coming to the rescue for Wednesday within the first seven minutes.
Josh Windass fired The Owls into an early lead, earlier than a Romaine Sawyers’ personal objective and Liam Palmer’s beautiful volley put the Owls 3-0 up at half-time. Mallik Wilks added a bruising fourth in added time to seal the sport.
With Erol Bulut lacking the journey to Hillsborough with sickness, Karydas assumed the position of supervisor.
“Disappointed I can’t say as a result of the outcome generally doesn’t replicate the efficiency of the group,” he mentioned. “We noticed many constructive issues, particularly within the second half. I can’t say as an excuse we missed plenty of gamers.”
On the 2 missed penalties, he commented: “In soccer, you’ll be able to count on something. Even this is part of the sport.
“Maybe if we had scored the outcome could be reverse, however we have now to simply accept it now and stay up for the following sport.
“In soccer for those who do not rating, you lose the sport. You have to attain. But we’ll say we’re glad by the images that the gamers confirmed.”
Eli King to return from mortgage
Morecambe supervisor Ged Brannan has revealed there’s “little doubt” Eli King will get recalled within the January switch window.
King penned a mortgage cope with Morecambe in July 2023, however seems to be more likely to be heading again to the Cardiff City Stadium sooner than anticipated.
Speaking on Morecambe’s loaned gamers in his post-match interview, Brannan mentioned: ‘We’re simply ready to search out out if the golf equipment are calling them again. There’s little doubt they’ll as a result of they’ve all been actually profitable right here at Morecambe. If you are profitable you get punished generally as a small membership.
‘They’ll all get referred to as again to their golf equipment I might have thought. And we can have different gamers to come back in.’
The Welshman signed a brand new three-year contract with the Bluebirds in June final yr, having made seven first group appearances for Erol Bulut’s aspect.
Morecambe misplaced 2-0 to Swansea City within the FA Cup on Saturday, and King was an unusued substitute, having pulled his groin the day earlier than.
