Taiwo loan rumour

LOOKS like Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay has a option to loan out midfielder Solomon Taiwo after skysports.com suggested two League One clubs are interested in the player.

Taiwo is very much a bit part player in the Cardiff City squad and has on started a League game since May 2010 and spent most of last season on loan at Dagenham & Redbridge the club brought him from in a for a £250,000 deal which depend on appearances and was also tied in with promotion. Since he joined in August 2009, he as only played in nine League games plus three Cup for the Bluebirds. His agent Simon Dent said:

"We have had two enquires from clubs that we will discuss with Cardiff in the next few days."

If the rumour is true, I think the City boss would let him go his contract ends in the summer and I can’t see him receiving a offered to extension or new one. Mackay would be unlike to step in his way if a loan deal was on the cards.

There are a number of options open to the Cardiff boss in his present squad and he himself is in the market for a loan player or two.

Cardiff already have two plays on loan young striker Nat Jarvis who signed for Newport County in a month loan deal at the beginning of September, but he is still with Newport so the initial report could have been wrong or it’s been extended.

In addition, out on loan is striker Jon ‘The Beast’ Parkin who joined Championship rivals Doncaster Rover for an initial month loan. He is due back at Cardiff next week if Doncaster doesn’t extend the deal.

Offer for Whittingham

Cardiff City are to be tested on their willingness to keep Midfielder Peter Whittingham has Portsmouth are rumoured to be linked with a £1.5million bid to take him to the Cardiff Championship rivals.

Being coach and then boss at Watford City new man in the dugout Malky Mackay knows all about the ability of Whittingham and will have an idea if he fits into his style of play. The bid will more or likely to be turned down Mackay is looking to build a team not break one up and Cardiff don't need to sell he has two-years left on his present contract.

With ex-boss, Dave Jones a goner it will be time for the players left to empress the new boss and his new backroom staff when they have signed up. Two players who will be keen to show their metal for the new season will be Anthony Gerrard and Solomon Taiwo both loaned out by Jones for a season.

Gerrard was at Hull City and ended up voted players of the season by Hull fans after an impressive loan period. Chances were that Jones would have given Gerrard a chance this season his form at Hull surely deserved that. Taiwo went back to the club Cardiff paid £250,000 (with add-ons) for him Dagenham & Redbridge where he made a low-key return. Not many Cardiff fans would have expected Taiwo not to be released by Dave Jones if he was still with the club.