Antonino Gallo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Cardiff City heard it as anything else.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cardiff City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The accounts make uncomfortable reading. Wages first and ambition second is the order of business at Cardiff City now.
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197% of the income goes out in wages at Cardiff City
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Antonino Gallo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
A new face in his position, and Yousef Salech suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Cardiff City have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
A season-long audition: Cerro Porteno still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Cardiff City's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Cardiff City, and it is not being withdrawn.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Cardiff City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Antonino Gallo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.
Robert Hunter is 16, and Cardiff City have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Stephen Roberts is 16, and Cardiff City have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Antonino Gallo was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Add another name to the list: Rotherham United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Harry Tyrer. The answer from Cardiff City has not changed — yet.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alex Robertson and Cardiff City agree another 4 years.
Gabriel Osho was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Cardiff City, another week without a signature from Calum Chambers.
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Gabriel Osho trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.