' By the end of This Sunday/City will have 2 more players '

By Terry Phillips
Cardiff City boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer confirms Kenwyne Jones and Fabio set to sign for Bluebirds on Sunday
26 Jan 2014
The deals will take the Norwegians signings to five this month, with Peter Odemwingie joining Stoke in a swap deal for Jones


Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed he fully expects striker Kenwyne Jones and defender Fabio to be Cardiff City players by the end of Sunday, as revealed by WalesOnline earliier on Saturday

He will complete a straight swap with Stoke with manager Mark Hughes sending Jones to Cardiff and Peter Odemwingie going the other way.

Solskjaer also said a fee and terms have been agreed with Manchester United for Brazilian defender Fabio, with a full medical planned for the player in South Wales today.

Solskjaer addressed the Jones/Odemwingie swap after the FA Cup win at Bolton, saying: "There is potentially a deal to be done with Peter going to Stoke and Kenwyne coming to Cardiff.

"We cannot confirm anything until the medicals are done, but we are quite a long way down the road.

"I can't say anything about other players, but I can talk about Odemwingie and Jones because Stoke have issued a statement."

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It is expected two deals will be concluded today with Jones and Fabio becoming Bluebirds players.

Cardiff are also chasing United winger Wilfried Zaha, and that loan transfer is on course to be sorted out early this week, while Solskjaer is believed to have held talks with Wigan Athletic's Spanish centre-half Ivan Ramis.

While there is no doubt Cardiff are interested in Ramis, that looks to be the lowest priority of the four moves for the Bluebirds and currently looks in the balance.

It does, though, seem certain Solskjaer will have added at least six players to his squad by the end of this transfer window next Friday.

He has three Norwegians in - Magnes Eikrem, Mats Daehli and Jo Inge Berget - with moves for Jones, Fabio and Zaha well on the way to being completed.

Stoke City have confirmed the Jones/Odemwingie swap is going ahead.

He comes across so classy.

Building a squad on next to no money atm.

Its about time Kenwyne Jones came just to see if he can cut the mustard for us. I'm sure every transfer window since the second or third season DJ was in charge we been linked with him and its been 2 managers since....... Makes me think is it someone upstairs or the managers choice of signing?

He comes across so classy.

Building a squad on next to no money atm.

I think you've put your finger on it.Ole moves in different circles to Malky and this evident by the type of player he's bringing in.Where Malky was up and coming through the ranks Ole's contacts have always been at the top table so to speak.

Its about time Kenwyne Jones came just to see if he can cut the mustard for us. I'm sure every transfer window since the second or third season DJ was in charge we been linked with him and its been 2 managers since....... Makes me think is it someone upstairs or the managers choice of signing?

Or just the type of player we've been lacking for yrs. Excited by this 1.

I recall Dave jones moaning about his £5 million price tag at the time, how old is he??

I recall Dave jones moaning about his £5 million price tag at the time, how old is he??

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenwyne_Jones