Cardiff City’s January transfer window: Key targets, potential exits and squad reshuffle

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Cardiff City’s January transfer window could be pivotal as they look to strengthen their squad for the second half of the season.  With key areas needing reinforcement, the Bluebirds are expected to target new signings while also managing potential departures.  Balancing squad depth and financial constraints will be crucial as they aim to stay competitive in the Championship.

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00:00for Cardiff City that might be, or should be perhaps, a really important month given

00:07the season that they've had so far. Clearly the squad hasn't been fit for purpose in the

00:12Championship so far this season, not scoring many, conceding too many as well, and they

00:17are sat languishing very close to the bottom of the division, and that's a real worry and

00:22a concern. And so if there is any available money to spend, I think that has to be spent

00:27this month if they are to stay in the division, because let's be honest, Cardiff don't want

00:32to go back down to League One, they've been there before, so it's not something they want

00:34to do again. And so what needs to happen in this window? Who do they need to bring in?

00:41What sort of players need to be in? I presume defence and the goalkeeping departments will

00:46be priority at least for now because of how many goals they are conceding, but of course

00:50they need to get goals in going in the other end as well, so I presume it's actually, as

00:54much as they're concerned, they could do with a whole range of new players coming in.

00:58Yeah, you know, you spot on there, I think it's a range of cliches that they are conceding

01:05too many goals and they're simply not scoring enough and they're obviously 23rd in the division.

01:10Luckily for them, it is only four points to sort of 18th from 23rd, which is quite incredible

01:16to show us how competitive the Championship is, but ideally right now, half a season really

01:22to go. They need to just make sure they focus on themselves. It's that simple. It's a massive

01:28window, and Marisa, the manager, has said that funds will be made available, so that

01:33is good news. Whether they get it right or not is then up to the owners and the hierarchy

01:38to see who they can bring in, but as you say, they need to buy either another defender or

01:43a striker for sure. 20th with goals per match scored, 20th with goals conceded in the Championship,

01:51so that sort of paints the picture that you need to see. 22nd in the clean sheets table

01:57and four clean sheets all season, so I think it's crucial that they shore up at the back

02:02personally. Goals can come, but I think ideally they need to literally just really set up

02:10to not concede goals at the moment. Robinson's up front, he's scoring a few goals, eight

02:15goals this season, isn't the end of the world, so it's not too bad, but certainly they need

02:20to shore up at the back. Then you look at a player to sell, maybe Perrier-Inge, I think

02:26his stock has certainly decreased massively over the last year or two. They obviously

02:30had run-ins with the likes of Arsenal and Spurs to get his signature, and they managed

02:36to tie down a new deal. He didn't play any minutes in their last game away at Middlesbrough.

02:43Maybe they can get a few funds for him mid-season and hopefully recoup that back into the side,

02:50but I think his stock has certainly dropped and maybe his decline at Cardiff is to do

02:55with how poor the team's been on and off the pitch.

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