Pre-season training gets under way today and with his backroom staff now in place manager Malky Mackay now has to concentrate on new blood for his squad. News out of the northeast is suggesting Cardiff have beaten off Bristol City and Middlesbrough for the signature of out of contract Middlesbrough defender Andrew Taylor.
Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray put it simply yesterday speaking on Sky Sports News, "The best thing to say is that I am pretty sure it will be resolved, one way or the other. It has been exhausting and it will be sorted. He will be with us by Monday or he will be standing in Cardiff or Bristol holding up his new shirt.
Rumour has him in South Wales on Monday having a medical and meeting his new work colleagues at Cardiff City. He will already know the manager and most of the backroom staff at Cardiff owing to his loan spell that Watford where they were gamely employed last season. He was with the London club on loan until Christmas/New Year when a change in management saw him recalled back to the Northeast.
At Watford he played left back a position that gave Cardiff so problems last season, but on his return to Middlesbrough he played in a left midfield slot.
If he signs remember it is still just a rumour, it will make it two in and a few more to go. There is still the ongoing situation with David Goodwillie are Cardiff planning to make a bid? The Dundee United striker is under contract until 2013 so there is no rush to sell so Cardiff would have to pay the price the SPL club want, £2 million.
No comments:
Post a Comment