Malky Mackay " We want three January signings "

Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay wants three new players in January .

The Scot wants to strengthen the spine of his Cardiff side as they look to avoid relegation.



The Bluebirds boss will meet with chairman Mehmet Dalman this week to find out the extent of his financial backing next month.


Mackay said: “It would be great if we can bring in three quality additions.

“I would look to strengthen all three departments with a defender, a midfielder and an attacking player.”

Cardiff splashed the cash of billionaire owner Vincent Tan in the summer bringing in the likes of Steven Caulker and Gary Medel.

But Mackay insists the Bluebirds will have to be a bit more cautious with their money in the January window.

Mackay said: “I will talk to my chairman who will then discuss it with his board of directors and our owner.

“It’s a different type of window though and you have to be careful.

“There’s not quite the array of talent out there in January and people are leaving clubs for different reasons.”











Cardiff City boss Malky Mackay targets three signings in January transfer window
Monday 16th Dec 2013

The Bluebirds boss will meet with chairman Mehmet Dalman this week to find out the extent of his financial backing next month.


Malky Mackay will feel the pressure ease slightly after West Brom win

Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay has revealed he wants to bring in three players in the January transfer window - a defender, a midfielder and a striker.

The Bluebirds boss will meet with chairman Mehmet Dalman this week to find out the extent of his financial backing next month.

But if he has his way it will be a trio of new faces that arrives in the Welsh capital either in the shape of permanent signings or loans.

Mackay saw his side beat West Brom 1-0 on Saturday to ease their relegtion fears, but the Scot wants to add more quality to his side now to ensure the club’s stay in the top-flight is not a brief one.

“It would be great if we can bring in three quality additions to the squad. I would look to strengthen all three departments in terms of a defender, a midfielder and an attacking player,” said Mackay.

“I will talk to my chairman who will then discuss it with his board of directors and our owner and I will take my lead from them. It’s up to them then what financially they want to spend in January. I’ve got my lists of players whether they be targets or loans and for various positions.

“We’ve got to try and strengthen again. We are a first time club so to speak. Everyone barring two other clubs has got a massive head start on us in terms of quality. They might only need to bring in one or two over a season. We had to bring in a group of eight players which was going to give us the chance to survive..”


But Mackay warned that unlike the summer transfer window January was not the ideal time to be in the market for new faces.

The Bluebirds boss said: “It’s a different type of window though and you have to be careful. There’s not quite the array of talent out there in January and people are leaving clubs for different reasons and overall you have to be careful. It’s about bringing in another layer of quality to add to what we’ve got. I need to bring in guys who are going to add to that.”

One position Mackay is quite happy with right now is goalkeeper with Scottish international David Marshall in fantastic form this campaign.

Late on against the Baggies Marshall pulled off a brilliant save from striker Shane Long to help preserve the vital three points.

Mackay said from the day he arrived at Cardiff he had put faith in Marshall and he was now seeing that repaid.

“David is someone I have great faith in. We immediately put our faith in him when we arrived and told him he was the number one. That hadn’t been the case up until then,” added Mackay.

“He repaid that faith by improving himself knowing he had our backing. Last season he was the goalkeeper of the Championship without a doubt and now he’s showing he’s a consistent Premier League goalkeeper. That’s not easy at this level because there are top guys at this level.

“I don’t think it would be overstating it to say he’s one of the goalkeepers of the Premier League right now.

The Bluebirds spent more than £30million in the summer as they brought in

reinforcements including Steven Caulker and Gary Medel ahead of their first season in the Premier League.

Cardiff's January business is likely to be in the spotlight after the departure of recruitment chief Iain Moody, and the subsequent visa issues of his replacement Alisher Apsalyamov, but Mackay is confident of bolstering defence, midfield and attack.

"It would be great if we can bring in three quality additions to the squad," said Mackay.

"I would look to strengthen all three departments in terms of a defender, a midfielder and an attacking player.

"I will talk to my chairman (about January) who will then discuss it with his board of directors and our owner and I will take my lead from them.

"It's up to them then what financially they want to spend in January. I've got my lists of players, whether they be permanent targets or loans for various positions. We've got to try and strengthen again.

"We are a first-time club so to speak. Everyone barring two other clubs has got a massive head start on us in terms of quality. They might only need to bring in one or two over a season. We had to bring in a group of eight players which was going to give us the chance to survive.

"You have a choice: do you invest knowing you have a really good chance of

staying up or do you invest knowing you might go down and then have to build again?

"There's not quite the array of talent out there in January and people are leaving clubs for different reasons and overall you have to be careful. It's about bringing in another layer of quality to add to what we've got. I need to bring in guys who are going to add to that."

We need a replacement for Turner, a good left winger and maybe an attacking midfielder or a decent striker that has no problem working on his own

replacement for Turner? u gotta be joking surely? r u basing that on one dodgy pass back yesterday? he wins almost every header. he actually has pace despite his size, he rarely gets beaten 1 on 1 and sticks his body infront of everything. i know his hoofing lets him down but keep an eye on how many times caulker hoofs too

replacement for Turner? u gotta be joking surely? r u basing that on one dodgy pass back yesterday? he wins almost every header. he actually has pace despite his size, he rarely gets beaten 1 on 1 and sticks his body infront of everything. i know his hoofing lets him down but keep an eye on how many times caulker hoofs too

people just need a scapegoat! if we lose its either because of Turner or Whitts! people moan when Turner hoofs it as if hes the only one who does it! same with whitts, when he misses a tackle its as if he's the only one who does!

We need a replacement for Turner, a good left winger and maybe an attacking midfielder or a decent striker that has no problem working on his own

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I thought Mehmet Dalman had come out publically a couple of days ago and said there is no money available for January signings? This Malky comment confuses me a tad.

a defender? why not use the 2 defenders that he signed that have yet to kick a ball. We need Conway back and a striker.

Malky has certainly been talking a lot over the past 48 hours.

Is it only me and my mates who think that Malky is maybe trying to play a power game with Tan here?
I've never known him to state the number of players he wants, also this is a week after his boss, Mehmet Dalman said no more signings.

I think Malky knows that if he plays it this way and the transfers do not happen there is only one person getting the flack from the fans - Vincent Tan!

Very clever, but dangerous gameplan from a manager who's last 28 results are not exactly earth shuddering.......

We need a left back and a left winger, and if Cornelius is not going to feature because he isn't ready, a striker who will actually play. The team is unbalanced because all the pace is on the right hand side and too much is expected of Frazier Campbell as a lone striker. Odemwingie just doesn't seem to fit in our system.

This is the big test, I believe Malky is letting everyone know he has asked Tan for his team to be strengthened in January and there cant be many out there who disagree with Malky's request, if we want to stay up.

Agree Annis but think the money spent on Cornelius & Brayford are huge errors of judgement by Moody & Mackay, that's £10mil that could have certainly helped his case...

What's your opinion on the Cornelius situation? Money well spent?

Agree Annis but think the money spent on Cornelius & Brayford are huge errors of judgement by Moody & Mackay, that's £10mil that could have certainly helped his case...

What's your opinion on the Cornelius situation? Money well spent?

Gareth, I think they were both bad buys, but all managers make mistakes on the transfer front, Malky has prob doubled the value of some of his buys.
I said when we bought Cornelius that I was told Swansea's manager never rated him yet for Prem and someone high up in Denmark said at the very best Scottish Prem, but who knows.

My opinion we need Cornelius now

i wish everyone would stop going on about Brayford. He cost f**k all in the grand scheme of things!

i dont think we need a left back either really. A winger and a striker, and as long as they are top quality ill be happy!

It's Graham from Beddau Annis.

Agree Cornelius is needed now and my worry is these comments might knock the boys confidence big time.

A very expensive mistake, if it is one but time will tell.

Agree Annis but think the money spent on Cornelius & Brayford are huge errors of judgement by Moody & Mackay, that's £10mil that could have certainly helped his case...

What's your opinion on the Cornelius situation? Money well spent?

Gareth, I think they were both bad buys, but all managers make mistakes on the transfer front, Malky has prob doubled the value of some of his buys.
I said when we bought Cornelius that I was told Swansea's manager never rated him yet for Prem and someone high up in Denmark said at the very best Scottish Prem, but who knows.

My opinion we need Cornelius now

i disagree. can't call someone a bad buy if they haven't played. cornelius has been injured....why rush an 8mil player back when he could get injured again. brayford was needed because we didn't have a natural right back that malky thought could play this level but he obviously realised afterwards we could sign a better one in theo

It's Graham from Beddau Annis.

Agree Cornelius is needed now and my worry is these comments might knock the boys confidence big time.

A very expensive mistake, if it is one but time will tell.

oops Sorry, I thought it was Gareth Gardner.

Graham, I thought Gareth couldnt have a good civil debate like u

Time will tell, but he is needed ASAP.

Agree Annis but think the money spent on Cornelius & Brayford are huge errors of judgement by Moody & Mackay, that's £10mil that could have certainly helped his case...

What's your opinion on the Cornelius situation? Money well spent?

Gareth, I think they were both bad buys, but all managers make mistakes on the transfer front, Malky has prob doubled the value of some of his buys.
I said when we bought Cornelius that I was told Swansea's manager never rated him yet for Prem and someone high up in Denmark said at the very best Scottish Prem, but who knows.

My opinion we need Cornelius now

i disagree. can't call someone a bad buy if they haven't played. cornelius has been injured....why rush an 8mil player back when he could get injured again. brayford was needed because we didn't have a natural right back that malky thought could play this level but he obviously realised afterwards we could sign a better one in theo

Incorrect, there is a reason he is not playing, and that is because he is exactly that a bad buy! Why play him if he ain't up to it, we don't not take the training sessions, and that is enough to see if some1 is up to it.

That's fine Annis - not sure who Gareth is but I'm sure he's the same as 99.9% of us on here who only wants 1 thing and that is for Cardiff City to succeed.....

Can't wait to board that bus with the lads on Saturday to go and give them scousers a beating!

That's fine Annis - not sure who Gareth is but I'm sure he's the same as 99.9% of us on here who only wants 1 thing and that is for Cardiff City to succeed.....

Can't wait to board that bus with the lads on Saturday to go and give them scousers a beating!

Yes, this is a game Ive been looking forward to for years Graham

Agree Annis but think the money spent on Cornelius & Brayford are huge errors of judgement by Moody & Mackay, that's £10mil that could have certainly helped his case...

What's your opinion on the Cornelius situation? Money well spent?

Gareth, I think they were both bad buys, but all managers make mistakes on the transfer front, Malky has prob doubled the value of some of his buys.
I said when we bought Cornelius that I was told Swansea's manager never rated him yet for Prem and someone high up in Denmark said at the very best Scottish Prem, but who knows.

My opinion we need Cornelius now

i disagree. can't call someone a bad buy if they haven't played. cornelius has been injured....why rush an 8mil player back when he could get injured again. brayford was needed because we didn't have a natural right back that malky thought could play this level but he obviously realised afterwards we could sign a better one in theo

Incorrect, there is a reason he is not playing, and that is because he is exactly that a bad buy! Why play him if he ain't up to it, we don't not take the training sessions, and that is enough to see if some1 is up to it.

There were a lot of people saying the same about Kimbo, who came good when he eventually got his chance and in his case, he hadn't been out injured for months!

Agree Annis but think the money spent on Cornelius & Brayford are huge errors of judgement by Moody & Mackay, that's £10mil that could have certainly helped his case...

What's your opinion on the Cornelius situation? Money well spent?

Gareth, I think they were both bad buys, but all managers make mistakes on the transfer front, Malky has prob doubled the value of some of his buys.
I said when we bought Cornelius that I was told Swansea's manager never rated him yet for Prem and someone high up in Denmark said at the very best Scottish Prem, but who knows.

My opinion we need Cornelius now

i disagree. can't call someone a bad buy if they haven't played. cornelius has been injured....why rush an 8mil player back when he could get injured again. brayford was needed because we didn't have a natural right back that malky thought could play this level but he obviously realised afterwards we could sign a better one in theo

Incorrect, there is a reason he is not playing, and that is because he is exactly that a bad buy! Why play him if he ain't up to it, we don't not take the training sessions, and that is enough to see if some1 is up to it.

There were a lot of people saying the same about Kimbo, who came good when he eventually got his chance and in his case, he hadn't been out injured for months!

So why hasn't kimbo been playing more often then?

We need a left back and a left winger, and if Cornelius is not going to feature because he isn't ready, a striker who will actually play. The team is unbalanced because all the pace is on the right hand side and too much is expected of Frazier Campbell as a lone striker. Odemwingie just doesn't seem to fit in our system.

strange that..him not fitting the system.........miller,campbell,odemwingie, then there are the tan signings they are not ready or not good enough...........i hope if he signs three they are all defenders or defensive midfielders, at least he does understand work rate and how to defend in depth

This is the big test, I believe Malky is letting everyone know he has asked Tan for his team to be strengthened in January and there cant be many out there who disagree with Malky's request, if we want to stay up.

At the same time he cant keep expecting money upon money, he had a huge amount in the summer and the reason we need more players is because he didnt do the job properly in the summer.

I cant believe he wants a defender, didnt he bring in Brayford who can play across the back.

I thought Mehmet Dalman had come out publically a couple of days ago and said there is no money available for January signings? This Malky comment confuses me a tad.

Dalman's comment was a basic tactic to stop other clubs demanding more money when Malky's men enquire over the availability of a player.

Agree Annis but think the money spent on Cornelius & Brayford are huge errors of judgement by Moody & Mackay, that's £10mil that could have certainly helped his case...

What's your opinion on the Cornelius situation? Money well spent?

Gareth, I think they were both bad buys, but all managers make mistakes on the transfer front, Malky has prob doubled the value of some of his buys.
I said when we bought Cornelius that I was told Swansea's manager never rated him yet for Prem and someone high up in Denmark said at the very best Scottish Prem, but who knows.

My opinion we need Cornelius now

i disagree. can't call someone a bad buy if they haven't played. cornelius has been injured....why rush an 8mil player back when he could get injured again. brayford was needed because we didn't have a natural right back that malky thought could play this level but he obviously realised afterwards we could sign a better one in theo

Incorrect, there is a reason he is not playing, and that is because he is exactly that a bad buy! Why play him if he ain't up to it, we don't not take the training sessions, and that is enough to see if some1 is up to it.

There were a lot of people saying the same about Kimbo, who came good when he eventually got his chance and in his case, he hadn't been out injured for months!

So why hasn't kimbo been playing more often then?

You'll have to ask Malky that, but his run to set up Gunnarsson against Man City seems to have been forgotten already by some people and I still can't work out why Malky subbed him at Palace, as he was our best midfielder at the time!

If it was down to me, I'd play him in the hole behind Campbell, as I feel he's a better option than Odemwingie, whom you'd have thought at 32 years of age, would know the offside rule by now!

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