The Bluebirds winger had a disappointing 2023/24 campaign but has bags to offer at Championship level
If I told you Cardiff City were signing a player who has scored 49 Championship goals and has 35 assists in the division, predominantly from the wing, along with goals in the Premier League and at an international level, Bluebirds fans would be pretty pleased.
But Cardiff already have that player in Callum Robinson. At 29, the Republic of Ireland international should be at the peak of his powers. He averages a goal every 4.8 games in a Cardiff shirt and it’s a far better ratio than almost anyone else in the squad.
He covers a multitude of positions, too, including wing, striker and No.10, can score and assist and, importantly, has done it at this level for a decade.
Erol Bulut wants to sign a striker and a winger this summer and wants to pump more goals in the squad. That’s understandable, of course, given how poor they were from open play last season. Sign up to our Cardiff City newsletter here.
Owner Vincent Tan, however, also doesn’t need another reason to be hesitant over releasing the purse strings to sign players – and they spent £1.5million on Robinson from West Brom less than two years ago. He desperately wants Robinson to be a success.
I also want Callum Robinson to succeed at Cardiff because I think he is a good Championship player who knows where the back of the net is. When he is on form, which we saw during his first season, he is a real weapon, and with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Rubin Colwill, David Turnbull and proven strikers around him, he has the potential to have a major impact for Cardiff next season.
City have a dearth of experienced, quality wingers right now. They have teenager Cian Ashford, who has less than a handful of first-team appearances to his name, Ollie Tanner, who had a mixed first year in the first team last term, and Callum O’Dowda, who is a good operator at this level but has also had his injury troubles, as their wing options at present.
Romeo were absent during the 1-0 win over Birmingham City.
