Total amount Cardiff could make from transfer sales: £5.85m

How much Cardiff City could net from transfer fees if Neil Warnock secures sales before deadline day

Lee Tomlin, Anthony Pilkington, Omar Bogle and Stuart O'Keefe may all be sold before the transfer window
Cardiff City will ship out four players before the transfer window closes if Neil Warnock and the club hierarchy get their way.

By Dominic Booth

Friday 27th July 2018



Lee Tomlin - £2.7million

After signing Tomlin from Bristol City for an initial £1.5million - plus add-ons that may have taken the final fee to around £3million - Cardiff could recoup virtually the entire sum if they can entice interested party Nottingham Forest to plump for a permanent deal.

The City Ground club have shown interest in Tomlin throughout the summer, though a loan deal has always looked more likely because of the playmaker's substantial wages.

Aitor Karanka is a big fan but whether he's willing to pay the £2.7million that, according to Transfermarkt , Tomlin is worth remains to be seen.

A loan may suit all parties better with Tomlin still having another two years on his Cardiff deal.

And if the worst happens and the Bluebirds are relegated this season, the 29-year-old could prove a very useful player in the Championship to help them get back up again.






Anthony Pilkington - £1.8million

Although Transfermarkt say Pilkington is worth £1.8million, a product of his excellent Championship goal record in the past season or two, Cardiff may have to settle for less.

The former Norwich City man has one more year remaining on his contract in the Welsh capital but you would expect the Bluebirds to accept any bid in the region of £1million for him, possibly less.

Pilkington is another who may go out on loan, however, with Warnock - who did sing the forward's praises last year for some diligent work in training and superb sub appearances - now finally ready to let him leave.




Omar Bogle - £675,000

It would surely cause Warnock some regret if Bogle was to leave 12 months after signing for Cardiff.

Having signed the former Wigan Athletic and Grimsby striker for a fee in the region of £500,000 in August 2017, the Cardiff boss admitted he had a raw but potentially very talented player on his hands.

Cardiff fans have only seen that talent in small glimpses though and the way a loan to Peterborough United panned out in the latter part of 2017/18 (Bogle scored just once) suggests that the 26-year-old won't cut it in the Premier League.

The Bluebirds could recoup the fee they paid and make a small profit, according to Transfermarkt's value of the player, which could tempt Warnock to cash in before the deadline. Championship and League One clubs may be tempted.


Omar Bogle is keen for further progress under Neil Warnock (Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency)
Stuart O'Keefe - £675,000

Remember Stuart O'Keefe? You'd probably be forgiven for not realising the box-to-box midfielder was still on Cardiff's books.

He has another year to run on his contract but is unlikely to see that out as a Bluebirds player, with another loan very likely.

Having had stints at Portsmouth and MK Dons in the past season or two, O'Keefe appears to have found his level in League One and another move there seems likely.

Whether anyone is willing to pay the £675,000 Transfermarkt value for O'Keefe remains to be seen.

Total amount Cardiff could make from transfer sales: £5.85million

I think 2.5 would be more realistic.

transfermarkt valuations...they have fred at 900k as well....

The trouble is that's as they are clearly not part of Warnock's plans and on high wages we will be lucky to get anything for them unless a few clubs are interested in them and a bidding war takes place. Whatever the reasons for doing it, by publicly making it clear that we don't want Tomlin by not including him in the first team match day squads in Devon and Cornwall we have given away any bargaining position we have.

If we get those fees for these players I’ll double it.

£675,000 for O’Keefe. Ha ha.
£2,700,000 for Tomlin. Crikey.

If we get those fees for these players I’ll double it.

£675,000 for O’Keefe. Ha ha.
£2,700,000 for Tomlin. Crikey.

the same site the valuations were taken from has Fred valued at 900k
and Josh Murphy valued at 1.35 mill....we payed 11mill a month ago

We’ll let them all go for free if we can get someone to pay their wages? Tomlin and Bogle complete waste of money?

What a useless cretin that Dominic Booth is

How can anybody call this journalism.

What about Camp - Is he still here ???

Be lucky to get anything for them

If we get those fees for these players I’ll double it.

£675,000 for O’Keefe. Ha ha.
£2,700,000 for Tomlin. Crikey.

the same site the valuations were taken from has Fred valued at 900k
and Josh Murphy valued at 1.35 mill....we payed 11mill a month ago

Fred the United player?

It ain’t football manager is it?

If we get those fees for these players I’ll double it.

£675,000 for O’Keefe. Ha ha.
£2,700,000 for Tomlin. Crikey.

the same site the valuations were taken from has Fred valued at 900k
and Josh Murphy valued at 1.35 mill....we payed 11mill a month ago

Fred the United player?

It ain’t football manager is it?

The one who missed an open goal for us then disappeared off the face of the earth

If we get those fees for these players I’ll double it.

£675,000 for O’Keefe. Ha ha.
£2,700,000 for Tomlin. Crikey.

the same site the valuations were taken from has Fred valued at 900k
and Josh Murphy valued at 1.35 mill....we payed 11mill a month ago

Fred the United player?

It ain’t football manager is it?

The one who missed an open goal for us then disappeared off the face of the earth

Already forgot him.