The focus among Cardiff City supporters has chiefly been on summer incomings and understandably so.
After operating under a partial embargo last summer which restricted them to free agents and loan transfers and then having to suddenly overhaul their plans in the January window in order to ensure compliance with the EFL’s Profit and Sustainability (PSR) rules, Cardiff now have a fresh license to bolster their squad without restriction this time around.
Although funds are available for Erol Bulut after he agreed to extend his contract in the Welsh capital, the Bluebirds have initially optimised the free transfer market by bringing in both Chris Willock and Calum Chambers – two exciting captures that fans hope are the precursors to a significant summer window that’ll help next season’s play-off push.
It’s not forgotten that Cardiff are still in dire need of reinforcements in certain areas of the pitch; two strikers will likely be required to install the firepower that the Bluebirds have lacked so sorely in recent years, fresh impetus in midfield would help them to control games more.
Another winger certainly wouldn’t go amiss and there’s every chance that Erol Bulut will demand more depth in his full-back areas as the window goes on, too. But it can be easy to just get caught up in the hypothesising of where they can improve, and who with.
Adherence to strictly imposed PSR regulations also involves player sales to bring money back into the club and that’s another facet of Cardiff’s summer activity that will certainly prove crucial to the business they’re able to conduct later on in the window.
Ebou Adams and Andy Rinomhota set for Cardiff City exits
Every summer without fail, it’s felt as though Cardiff have had monumental deadwood to shift. They may not have so many peripheral squad members compared to previous years, but Ebou Adams and Andy Rinomhota both remain very much on the fringes.
