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Mon Apr 06, 2020 2:52 pm

Swansea City, Derby County and Millwall eye ex-Cardiff City striker - reports

The forward rose to prominence with the Bluebirds at the start of his career, but now plays his football out in Turkey

By Glen Williams

Monday 6th April 2020




Swansea City are reportedly among a clutch of Championship clubs interested in signing former Cardiff City striker Cameron Jerome.



The forward rose to prominence with the Bluebirds at the start of his career 15 years ago, but he now plays for Turkish club Goztepe, where his contract is due to run out this summer.

Turkish outlet A Spor claim the club, who play in the Super Lig, will not be offering 33-year-old Jerome a new deal and the player is seeking a move back to the UK this summer.

Championship rivals Millwall and Derby County, from whom he made the switch to Turkey back in 2018 following a brief stint there, are set to battle it out with the Swans for his signature this summer.

Owing to the striker coming to the end of his contract, Jerome, whose record in Turkey reads three goals from 14 games, would be available as a free transfer.

Jerome was a hit in the Welsh capital, scoring 23 goals in 74 league games for the Bluebirds as a youngster before moving on to Birmingham City, where he would eventually play Premier League football, for a fee of up to £4million.


The Englishman enjoyed three seasons in the Premier League with Stoke City and Crystal Palace before moving to Norwich City, where he played a crucial part in firing them into the top flight back in 2014-15, scoring 21 league goals in the process.

After four seasons at Carrow Road, he made the brief switch to Derby County before heading off to Turkey.
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Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Mon Apr 06, 2020 3:06 pm

A decent player for us in his time but spoiled that when his dad reckoned he had 'outgrown' us

In the boy's defence though, he was known to attend the odd City fixture as 'one of the boys' in the away end

Not linked with us (yet) but IMHO not what Cardiff City need right now regardless

Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:01 pm

Wherever he ends up, he likes scoring against us.

Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:50 pm

Still better than anything we currently have and would walk into our first 11

Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Mon Apr 06, 2020 4:54 pm

Way past his best and he will be lucky to get a club in the top half of the championship

Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:07 pm

Despite a goal every 3 games, I never got the impression that we took to him very much, or whether he cared.

Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Mon Apr 06, 2020 5:36 pm

thomasblue wrote:Still better than anything we currently have and would walk into our first 11


I remember watching Cameron score a hatrick for Cardiff Under 18s -v- Villa Under 18s at Treforest with Sam watching in awe

But, tbh, the fact that he would walk into our first team now says a lot about how much we need to improve.

Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Mon Apr 06, 2020 9:06 pm

Paul Keevil wrote:
thomasblue wrote:Still better than anything we currently have and would walk into our first 11


I remember watching Cameron score a hatrick for Cardiff Under 18s -v- Villa Under 18s at Treforest with Sam watching in awe

But, tbh, the fact that he would walk into our first team now says a lot about how much we need to improve.


I agree
And the sad truth is if you put him in our squad now he would be first choice pretty easily even though he is probably past his best at 33

Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:37 am

Got to be a more worthwhile signing than Vassel.

Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Tue Apr 07, 2020 5:50 pm

On holidays in Dom Rep a few years back in a beach side bar. CJ smashed Hull with a worldy.

Was with Hull couple.

Re: ' Ex Cardiff City player Cameron Jerome '

Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:07 pm

A very decent striker. Last time I saw him was up in Derby, towards the end of the promotion season, mid-week. The re-arranged game, after the 'snow' postponement. He scored twice in the second half, right in front of us. Fair dos, though, he did not celebrate.