Taylor a Bluebird

Andrew Taylor is a Bluebird and is Malky Mackay third signing.

Will Taylor be a Bluebird at the end of the day?

Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay should have his signing number three by the end of the date hopefully with defender Andrew Taylor on board with the Bluebirds. He is expected to walk last hurdle the medical he will be having some time today.

With the Cardiff squad due to fly out to Spain for pre-season in a few days time the manager would like to have Taylor in the party, the deal all tied up so he could travel with his new teammates. Cardiff saw off Middlesbrough who desperately wanted to re-sign him before his contract run out and manager Tony Mowbray worked hard up until the last minute to keep him. Other than them Bristol City were hoping to be in the race, but it was Cardiff he wanted and having Mackay has boss helped.

Taylor said about choosing Cardiff said,

"I chose Cardiff because of the manager and the fact I believed this was the best move for my football.
"People are going to think it's because of money that I signed for Cardiff, but it's not.
"It has never been about money. I've been at Middlesbrough for many years and it's probably the right time to move on.
"It's the hardest decision I've had to make in my life.
"It's an upsetting thing to leave my home club. I've been here since I was nine.
"But I feel this is the time to move on and look to progress my career.
"I worked for Malky at Watford and really enjoyed my time there. I'm looking forward to playing for him again."

With former Dundee United winger Craig Conway and Watford midfielder Don Cowie already on the books Mackay's plans for his squad is taking shape. However, he needs to sort out is strikers option has the fans wait on the outcome of the David Goodwillie transfer chatter. Rumour has him in Cardiff for a medical today as well.

Maybe more signings Monday

Two in and all signed up for the upcoming season and possibility maybe two more on Monday, well one at least. The Cardiff City medical team are on standby for Monday with the arrival of out of contract former Middlesbrough defender Andrew Taylor who is heavily tip to have chosen to join the Bluebirds ahead of Bristol City or re-signing for Middlesbrough.

Because he is 24-years-old Middlesbrough are entitled to a compensation fee from the Welsh club because Taylor is a home-grown player. Taylor has talked of his sadness of moving on to pastures new but feels moving is best for his career, he said:

“It was my dream to play for Middlesbrough since I joined them when I was nine and it’s a hard thing to be leaving.

“I’ll miss it – I have a lot of friends here in the club.

“But, at this point of my career, it’s probably the time I should be moving on and experience something new in football and life.”

The Club and the fans will be hoping for a double signing with Dundee United striker David Goodwillie also deciding is future would be better served joining Cardiff. It is going to need a £2 million pound payment to prise him away from Dundee United all days ago they turned down a million pound off from Rangers.

Rangers need to come back with a bigger with Cardiff yet to make the step into the marketplace for the striker. News out of Scotland is that Cardiff will out bit Rangers for his signature. The dreaded rumour word again have I coming down to Cardiff for a look around this weekend. Cardiff also face competition from Championship rivals Blackpool who also looking at

Goodwillie as a possible target has they search for new striker options.

The Dundee United manager Peter Houston has advised Goodwillie to move to the English league if the opportunity arises. He believes the players off the field problems with be better severed with a move across the border than a move to Rangers and the hotbed of Glasgow rivalry between them and Celtic. Houston said:

"If Rangers match any bids from somebody else, then it is up to David where he goes.

"That will be fine by me because ultimately it will be his decision.

"But, in my opinion, he should get out of the limelight and start afresh elsewhere.

"There is no doubt that out of all the clubs mentioned, Rangers are by far the biggest.

"But as someone who knows David well and has worked with him for five years, with all the troubles he's had off the field, he would be better going elsewhere.

"Is it in David's best interests to go into the goldfish bowl that is Glasgow? I don't think so.

"What I'm saying is not a criticism of Rangers and also not because I don't want him coming back to play against us."

Will Taylor be the next signing

As well has the possible dealings with David Goodwillie Cardiff are also believed to be having ongoing talks with Middlesbrough defender Andrew Taylor.

With his contract with the Northeast club runs out in a matter of days and he does not look likely to sign the new one on offer from Middlesbrough. Manager Tony Mowbray looks resigned to losing Taylor who has been a target of the Cardiff boss Malky Mackay for a while now. Mowbray said:

"I'm pretty sure there will have been conversations between Andrew and Cardiff. I know Malky very, very well and I'm sure as soon as he got that job he was on the phone.

"The boy's got some decisions to make. But I think Cardiff are a different financial club to us, they could probably match if not better what we could offer financially."

He is rumoured to have come down to the area for talks and will also be talking with Bristol City while in the area they are also reported to have him in their sight. The defender has been on the radar of the new Cardiff boss Mackay since his time at Watford. Taylor spent the first half of last season on loan at Watford and Mackay wanted to make it a permanent deal, but the Watford board could not finance a deal and he returned to Middlesbrough. The fact that player and manager know one another so well could hopefully help the Bluebirds put off the deal.