CITY OUTGOINGS: 12 MONTHS LATER HOW HAVE THEY FARED?
Tue Jul 28, 2020 6:02 pm
The West Brom flop, a Crystal Palace outcast and the striker who saved his team - how Cardiff City players fared after leaving
By Glen Williams
The Bluebirds have allowed 14 to leave the club in the last 12 months, we take a look at how each of them have fared
The transfer window swung open on Monday, prompting rife talk of ins and outs for clubs up and down the country.
Cardiff City have certainly played their part in the transfer market in recent seasons under Neil Warnock, however it remains to be seen just how Neil Harris uses the summer window.
Within the last 12 months, we have seen 14 players walk out the exit door at Cardiff City Stadium, but how have they all fared?
We take a closer look here...
Aron Gunnarsson
A true City legend who departed the Bluebirds after eight years of service.
Was adored by supporters in this corner of the world, but he felt it was time to move on and embrace a new challenge, which he found at Qatari club Al-Arabi.
He enjoyed an excellent start to life in Doha, scoring twice in his first three games, before enduring horrendous injury woe, undergoing surgery on his ankle in the winter.
He made a return to action on New Year's Day. Al-Arabi currently sit eighth in the QNB Stars League.
Harry Arter
Has a strained relationship with City fans given the circumstances of his exit last year after his loan spell while Cardiff were in the Premier League.
Moved to Fulham and was sent off in the fixture against the Bluebirds at the start of the season, much to Cardiff fans' delight.
He, too, has had his injury travails, having missed 14 games in the lead-up to Christmas with a shin injury.
Has returned to the side and features regularly in the middle of Scott Parker's midfield. Absent from the Cottagers' win over the Bluebirds on Monday night, though.
Victor Camarasa
It was difficult for City fans not to fall in love with the slick Spaniard, who oozed class with every touch of the ball and was unafraid to muck in down the other end of the pitch, too.
No fan could begrudge him a move to the Premier League, given his quality, and he penned a loan move to Crystal Palace from his parent club Real Betis.
He played just five minutes of Premier League football for Palace, though, and by the time Christmas came around Bluebirds fans were begging the club to bring him back.
But he opted for a move back to Spain and signed with Alaves until the end of the season, again on loan, where he has been a mainstay.
He still follows the Bluebirds, too, having dedicated many of his social media posts to the club, willing them towards the play-offs.
Oumar Niasse
The Senegalese was an SOS call by Neil Warnock last January as the manager bid to find the goals which would keep City in the Premier League.
His signing, though, was not the answer. His record at Cardiff reads: 13 games, 0 goals.
Returned to Everton for the start of this season but played only three games as a substitute. His contract ended this summer and the 30-year-old is now a free agent.
Bobby Decordova-Reid
Started the season with Cardiff City, playing the first game in the defeat up at Wigan, and it was thought he would star at this level for the Bluebirds.
But it was a shock deadline day exit which shook City fans, given they thought the attack would be built around the talented forward.
He sealed a loan move to Fulham, though, which was always earmarked to become a permanent move at the end of the season, citing a clash of styles with manager Neil Warnock.
Fulham made the loan permanent in January, forking out a hefty fee upwards of £10m for his services.
It took him a while to get going there and he really didn't hit his straps early on at Craven Cottage. Got in a little run of form after Christmas, which saw him score four goals in seven games, before levelling out again.
A middling season for Decordova-Reid, given his clear talent in front of goal and the sum he commanded.
Kadeem Harris
Many Cardiff fans were sad to see Kadeem Harris leave the club last summer, given the length of service he gave to the Bluebirds.
After seven years with Cardiff, Warnock told him he couldn't guarantee him enough game time to make it worthwhile him staying, especially at the age of 26, which he was at the time, when he should be enjoying his best years.
But he is a talented winger and Sheffield Wednesday saw that and snapped him up.
It looked as though Cardiff had made a big mistake in letting him go, too, when Harris chipped in with two goals and an assist in his first seven outings for Wednesday.
But his season appeared to peter out a little thereafter. He is still used from the off in the majority of games by Garry Monk, though, so he is definitely getting the game time, which is pleasing for the player and his supporters.
Bruno Manga
Another player who Cardiff fans really took to over his five-year stint at the club.
But he moved back to France for personal reasons after the Bluebirds' relegation from the Premier League, sealing a switch to Ligue 1 side Dijon.
Has been a solid addition to the French club and even adorned the captain's arm band for them on a number of occasions this season.
It was a poor campaign for Dijon, who finished in 16th position in the table, but Manga played all 90 minutes of each of their 28 league matches.
Kenneth Zohore
Cardiff couldn't believe their eyes when West Brom tabled a bid worth £8million for Kenneth Zohore last summer.
The striker had enjoyed a couple of hot streaks in a Bluebirds shirt during his three seasons in the Welsh capital, but was seemingly nowhere near consistent enough to command such a princely sum.
City snapped the Baggies' hand off and took the offer, using the money to fund a move for Robert Glatzel.
He scored three league goals, two of which were penalties, in 17 league games for West Brom, but Slaven Bilic's side enjoyed a hugely successful season in which they secured promotion to the Premier League.
How much of a part Zohore will have to play next season, however, remains to be seen.
Loic Damour
A player who always gave his all every time he donned the Cardiff City shirt, but, ahead of the season, it just never looked like he would be able to break into the side this term.
It seemed a good move for everyone when the Frenchman sealed a move up to Edinburgh last summer, signing for Hearts ahead of the campaign.
He was a regular for the Edinburgh club, but they endured a dreadful campaign.
It was decided the Scottish Premiership would be curtailed during the Covid-19 pandemic and all current standings would be the teams' final positions.
Hearts were bottom of the pile and were subsequently relegated. The club took legal action against the decision, but it was announced on Monday that their drop was confirmed.
Not quite what Damour had in mind, one would imagine.
Stuart O'Keefe
Stuart O'Keefe's four years at Cardiff City were punctuated by a number of loan spells as he failed to nail down a regular spot in the side.
Last summer, it was decided it was best for all parties to cut ties, so the midfielder was picked up by League One Gillingham.
He enjoyed a solid campaign for Gillingham, all told, playing 30 league games and helping the club to a respectable 10th position in the table.
He also chipped in with three goals, too.
Rhys Healey
Was part of the most notorious substitution decision in Cardiff City's recent history, when, in the Premier League, Cardiff were chasing the game against Fulham.
Warnock brought off Victor Camarasa and, with Bobby Decordova-Reid sitting on the bench, brought on the unproven Rhys Healey.
Not his fault, of course, but that decision became symbolic of Reid's time at the club, almost.
Healey, though, has done tremendously well for himself since.
The forward sealed a move to League One club MK Dons and was a sensation there this season, scoring 11 goals in his 19 league outings.
His goals, in truth, kept MK Dons out of the mire and there is an argument to say he kept the club up this season.
His record in total for the club, including his loan spell while they were in League Two, reads: 42 games, 21 goals. Not too shabby at all.
Brian Murphy
Signed on a short-term deal again by Warnock back at the start of the season, seemingly only to name a second keeper on the bench in the Carabao Cup defeat by Luton.
He helped out with a little bit of coaching, but when his hometown club Waterford came calling he couldn't turn it down.
Lee Peltier
The big deadline day exit for Cardiff City back in January.
The right back's contract was coming to an end at the conclusion of the current campaign and talk was rife among fans regarding his future at the club.
There were murmurings Peltier and Neil Harris came to blows over the whole situation after the New Year, although the manager shot down those claims, insisting it was a mutual decision based on a number of factors.
Peltier took to social media to tell supporters he would love to have signed a new deal if one had been put in front of him - which seems to suggest it was not perhaps as mutual as it had been portrayed.
His contract was then terminated and he moved to West Brom on a free transfer in a bizarre twist. It was a rather bitter end, all told, given his stellar five years at the club.
It looked like a good decision for Peliter and the Baggies, too, with Nathan Ferguson tipped to move to Crystal Palace.
That move, though, fell through, with Ferguson joining the Premier League club only last week, meaning Peltier was consigned to the sidelines.
He didn't make an appearance for the Baggies all season and was named on the bench just once in the Championship and once in the FA Cup.
He went from a Bluebirds regular to a West Brom outcast. He is set to leave The Hawthorns this summer.
Gary Madine
Neil Warnock forked out £6m to bring the striker in from Bolton back in January 2017 and fans were hopeful he would be the man to lead a Bluebirds front line in desperate need of a goalscorer.
But it really was not to be. He scored zero goals in 28 games, even after Neil Harris gave him a chance when he first came in, and everyone knew this relationship had to end.
The club terminated his contract in January, paid him up and shipped him on. A bona fide flop, you would say.
He moved up north and found home in Blackpool in January and has apparently found his shooting boots again, having scored five goals in 25 League One games for the club.
NB: Matt Connolly, Jazz Richards and Omar Bogle have all left the club this summer while Albert Adomah's loan also finished.
By Glen Williams
The Bluebirds have allowed 14 to leave the club in the last 12 months, we take a look at how each of them have fared
The transfer window swung open on Monday, prompting rife talk of ins and outs for clubs up and down the country.
Cardiff City have certainly played their part in the transfer market in recent seasons under Neil Warnock, however it remains to be seen just how Neil Harris uses the summer window.
Within the last 12 months, we have seen 14 players walk out the exit door at Cardiff City Stadium, but how have they all fared?
We take a closer look here...
Aron Gunnarsson
A true City legend who departed the Bluebirds after eight years of service.
Was adored by supporters in this corner of the world, but he felt it was time to move on and embrace a new challenge, which he found at Qatari club Al-Arabi.
He enjoyed an excellent start to life in Doha, scoring twice in his first three games, before enduring horrendous injury woe, undergoing surgery on his ankle in the winter.
He made a return to action on New Year's Day. Al-Arabi currently sit eighth in the QNB Stars League.
Harry Arter
Has a strained relationship with City fans given the circumstances of his exit last year after his loan spell while Cardiff were in the Premier League.
Moved to Fulham and was sent off in the fixture against the Bluebirds at the start of the season, much to Cardiff fans' delight.
He, too, has had his injury travails, having missed 14 games in the lead-up to Christmas with a shin injury.
Has returned to the side and features regularly in the middle of Scott Parker's midfield. Absent from the Cottagers' win over the Bluebirds on Monday night, though.
Victor Camarasa
It was difficult for City fans not to fall in love with the slick Spaniard, who oozed class with every touch of the ball and was unafraid to muck in down the other end of the pitch, too.
No fan could begrudge him a move to the Premier League, given his quality, and he penned a loan move to Crystal Palace from his parent club Real Betis.
He played just five minutes of Premier League football for Palace, though, and by the time Christmas came around Bluebirds fans were begging the club to bring him back.
But he opted for a move back to Spain and signed with Alaves until the end of the season, again on loan, where he has been a mainstay.
He still follows the Bluebirds, too, having dedicated many of his social media posts to the club, willing them towards the play-offs.
Oumar Niasse
The Senegalese was an SOS call by Neil Warnock last January as the manager bid to find the goals which would keep City in the Premier League.
His signing, though, was not the answer. His record at Cardiff reads: 13 games, 0 goals.
Returned to Everton for the start of this season but played only three games as a substitute. His contract ended this summer and the 30-year-old is now a free agent.
Bobby Decordova-Reid
Started the season with Cardiff City, playing the first game in the defeat up at Wigan, and it was thought he would star at this level for the Bluebirds.
But it was a shock deadline day exit which shook City fans, given they thought the attack would be built around the talented forward.
He sealed a loan move to Fulham, though, which was always earmarked to become a permanent move at the end of the season, citing a clash of styles with manager Neil Warnock.
Fulham made the loan permanent in January, forking out a hefty fee upwards of £10m for his services.
It took him a while to get going there and he really didn't hit his straps early on at Craven Cottage. Got in a little run of form after Christmas, which saw him score four goals in seven games, before levelling out again.
A middling season for Decordova-Reid, given his clear talent in front of goal and the sum he commanded.
Kadeem Harris
Many Cardiff fans were sad to see Kadeem Harris leave the club last summer, given the length of service he gave to the Bluebirds.
After seven years with Cardiff, Warnock told him he couldn't guarantee him enough game time to make it worthwhile him staying, especially at the age of 26, which he was at the time, when he should be enjoying his best years.
But he is a talented winger and Sheffield Wednesday saw that and snapped him up.
It looked as though Cardiff had made a big mistake in letting him go, too, when Harris chipped in with two goals and an assist in his first seven outings for Wednesday.
But his season appeared to peter out a little thereafter. He is still used from the off in the majority of games by Garry Monk, though, so he is definitely getting the game time, which is pleasing for the player and his supporters.
Bruno Manga
Another player who Cardiff fans really took to over his five-year stint at the club.
But he moved back to France for personal reasons after the Bluebirds' relegation from the Premier League, sealing a switch to Ligue 1 side Dijon.
Has been a solid addition to the French club and even adorned the captain's arm band for them on a number of occasions this season.
It was a poor campaign for Dijon, who finished in 16th position in the table, but Manga played all 90 minutes of each of their 28 league matches.
Kenneth Zohore
Cardiff couldn't believe their eyes when West Brom tabled a bid worth £8million for Kenneth Zohore last summer.
The striker had enjoyed a couple of hot streaks in a Bluebirds shirt during his three seasons in the Welsh capital, but was seemingly nowhere near consistent enough to command such a princely sum.
City snapped the Baggies' hand off and took the offer, using the money to fund a move for Robert Glatzel.
He scored three league goals, two of which were penalties, in 17 league games for West Brom, but Slaven Bilic's side enjoyed a hugely successful season in which they secured promotion to the Premier League.
How much of a part Zohore will have to play next season, however, remains to be seen.
Loic Damour
A player who always gave his all every time he donned the Cardiff City shirt, but, ahead of the season, it just never looked like he would be able to break into the side this term.
It seemed a good move for everyone when the Frenchman sealed a move up to Edinburgh last summer, signing for Hearts ahead of the campaign.
He was a regular for the Edinburgh club, but they endured a dreadful campaign.
It was decided the Scottish Premiership would be curtailed during the Covid-19 pandemic and all current standings would be the teams' final positions.
Hearts were bottom of the pile and were subsequently relegated. The club took legal action against the decision, but it was announced on Monday that their drop was confirmed.
Not quite what Damour had in mind, one would imagine.
Stuart O'Keefe
Stuart O'Keefe's four years at Cardiff City were punctuated by a number of loan spells as he failed to nail down a regular spot in the side.
Last summer, it was decided it was best for all parties to cut ties, so the midfielder was picked up by League One Gillingham.
He enjoyed a solid campaign for Gillingham, all told, playing 30 league games and helping the club to a respectable 10th position in the table.
He also chipped in with three goals, too.
Rhys Healey
Was part of the most notorious substitution decision in Cardiff City's recent history, when, in the Premier League, Cardiff were chasing the game against Fulham.
Warnock brought off Victor Camarasa and, with Bobby Decordova-Reid sitting on the bench, brought on the unproven Rhys Healey.
Not his fault, of course, but that decision became symbolic of Reid's time at the club, almost.
Healey, though, has done tremendously well for himself since.
The forward sealed a move to League One club MK Dons and was a sensation there this season, scoring 11 goals in his 19 league outings.
His goals, in truth, kept MK Dons out of the mire and there is an argument to say he kept the club up this season.
His record in total for the club, including his loan spell while they were in League Two, reads: 42 games, 21 goals. Not too shabby at all.
Brian Murphy
Signed on a short-term deal again by Warnock back at the start of the season, seemingly only to name a second keeper on the bench in the Carabao Cup defeat by Luton.
He helped out with a little bit of coaching, but when his hometown club Waterford came calling he couldn't turn it down.
Lee Peltier
The big deadline day exit for Cardiff City back in January.
The right back's contract was coming to an end at the conclusion of the current campaign and talk was rife among fans regarding his future at the club.
There were murmurings Peltier and Neil Harris came to blows over the whole situation after the New Year, although the manager shot down those claims, insisting it was a mutual decision based on a number of factors.
Peltier took to social media to tell supporters he would love to have signed a new deal if one had been put in front of him - which seems to suggest it was not perhaps as mutual as it had been portrayed.
His contract was then terminated and he moved to West Brom on a free transfer in a bizarre twist. It was a rather bitter end, all told, given his stellar five years at the club.
It looked like a good decision for Peliter and the Baggies, too, with Nathan Ferguson tipped to move to Crystal Palace.
That move, though, fell through, with Ferguson joining the Premier League club only last week, meaning Peltier was consigned to the sidelines.
He didn't make an appearance for the Baggies all season and was named on the bench just once in the Championship and once in the FA Cup.
He went from a Bluebirds regular to a West Brom outcast. He is set to leave The Hawthorns this summer.
Gary Madine
Neil Warnock forked out £6m to bring the striker in from Bolton back in January 2017 and fans were hopeful he would be the man to lead a Bluebirds front line in desperate need of a goalscorer.
But it really was not to be. He scored zero goals in 28 games, even after Neil Harris gave him a chance when he first came in, and everyone knew this relationship had to end.
The club terminated his contract in January, paid him up and shipped him on. A bona fide flop, you would say.
He moved up north and found home in Blackpool in January and has apparently found his shooting boots again, having scored five goals in 25 League One games for the club.
NB: Matt Connolly, Jazz Richards and Omar Bogle have all left the club this summer while Albert Adomah's loan also finished.
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Re: CITY OUTGOINGS: 12 MONTHS LATER HOW HAVE THEY FARED?
Tue Jul 28, 2020 7:04 pm
All well and good but they left us for whatever the reason
No interest now.
No interest now.
Re: CITY OUTGOINGS: 12 MONTHS LATER HOW HAVE THEY FARED?
Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:10 pm
Big Hill Blue wrote:All well and good but they left us for whatever the reason
No interest now.
Others opinions/interests will differ...
Re: CITY OUTGOINGS: 12 MONTHS LATER HOW HAVE THEY FARED?
Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:06 am
Sven wrote:Big Hill Blue wrote:All well and good but they left us for whatever the reason
No interest now.
Others opinions/interests will differ...
I'm sure that they will. I'd expect nothing less.
Re: CITY OUTGOINGS: 12 MONTHS LATER HOW HAVE THEY FARED?
Wed Jul 29, 2020 9:48 am
Interesting Chris.
I’d be picking Peltier and Damour on Thursday if they were still here.
I’d be picking Peltier and Damour on Thursday if they were still here.
Re: CITY OUTGOINGS: 12 MONTHS LATER HOW HAVE THEY FARED?
Wed Jul 29, 2020 11:26 am
bluebirdoct1962 wrote:Interesting Chris.
I’d be picking Peltier and Damour on Thursday if they were still here.
Peltier defo... should have got rid of fckn jazz richards