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Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 8:09 am

Gone to wolves on loan with a buy at end of season. 1.7 for the loan and 8.5 at end of season

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 8:41 am

Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 8:55 am

He would have been a great future with Cardiff and as we we prepared to pay nearly 6.8 million for some Norwegian guy ,why not this proven player.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 9:50 am

worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 11:22 am

davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 12:37 pm

gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 1:49 pm

Starvinmarvin wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us


Would be worth the money if he helped keep us up don't you think?

Mind you, he didn't help Leicester stay up last season.

Maybe he looked at our lack of signings and fancied a season towards the top of the league rather than another relegation battle.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 1:49 pm

Starvinmarvin wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us


I thought we had 6.8 million to burn or was that bullsh.t

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 1:58 pm

montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us


I thought we had 6.8 million to burn or was that bullsh.t


:lol: I think you probably know the answer to that one Monty.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 2:39 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.

£1.7 million is not a lot if you look at it logically. Thats the same as signing a player for 5.1 million on a three year contract and then he leaves at the end for nothing. James was a stand out player last year getting the Championship young player of the year award.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 3:10 pm

JJ1927 wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.

£1.7 million is not a lot if you look at it logically. Thats the same as signing a player for 5.1 million on a three year contract and then he leaves at the end for nothing. James was a stand out player last year getting the Championship young player of the year award.

For the number of weeks he would be with the club it is around £40,000 a week plus salary This player would never have chosen Cardiff over Wolves in any case for a number of reasons

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 3:22 pm

Abergavenny wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.

£1.7 million is not a lot if you look at it logically. Thats the same as signing a player for 5.1 million on a three year contract and then he leaves at the end for nothing. James was a stand out player last year getting the Championship young player of the year award.

For the number of weeks he would be with the club it is around £40,000 a week plus salary This player would never have chosen Cardiff over Wolves in any case for a number of reasons



Disagree, jones would have loved it here with colwill bros kapakio lawlor all welsh team mates

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 3:35 pm

montyblue wrote:
Abergavenny wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.

£1.7 million is not a lot if you look at it logically. Thats the same as signing a player for 5.1 million on a three year contract and then he leaves at the end for nothing. James was a stand out player last year getting the Championship young player of the year award.

For the number of weeks he would be with the club it is around £40,000 a week plus salary This player would never have chosen Cardiff over Wolves in any case for a number of reasons



Disagree, jones would have loved it here with colwill bros kapakio lawlor all welsh team mates


I think the fact he has a home in the West Midlands and Wolves have the potential of going up and he may not fancy being in a struggling team that he would have always picked Wolves over us if we were in the picture He may well have loved it playing here but don’t think it was ever going to happen He has so much more connect to the west midlands than to south wales

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 5:04 pm

Abergavenny wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.

£1.7 million is not a lot if you look at it logically. Thats the same as signing a player for 5.1 million on a three year contract and then he leaves at the end for nothing. James was a stand out player last year getting the Championship young player of the year award.

For the number of weeks he would be with the club it is around £40,000 a week plus salary This player would never have chosen Cardiff over Wolves in any case for a number of reasons


I dont think we would have a chance of signing him. What I was saying is that the loan fee is not excessive for a player of his quality, Dont understand why he hasnt been picked up by a Premier League club. He proved his ability last year when he shone in a dreadful Leicester side.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 5:34 pm

montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us


I thought we had 6.8 million to burn or was that bullsh.t


Probably bullshit but if we do have 6.8 million to spend I hope we are a lot shrewder than going for a 2 millon pound loan

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 5:46 pm

Starvinmarvin wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us


I thought we had 6.8 million to burn or was that bullsh.t


Probably bullshit but if we do have 6.8 million to spend I hope we are a lot shrewder than going for a 2 millon pound loan



James would have been the best buisness we had done in my book yo secure him for a season would have been bril and a right to buy

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 5:48 pm

montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us


I thought we had 6.8 million to burn or was that bullsh.t


Probably bullshit but if we do have 6.8 million to spend I hope we are a lot shrewder than going for a 2 millon pound loan



James would have been the best buisness we had done in my book yo secure him for a season would have been bril and a right to buy


Show me a better midfielder in the championship

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 5:58 pm

montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us


I thought we had 6.8 million to burn or was that bullsh.t


Probably bullshit but if we do have 6.8 million to spend I hope we are a lot shrewder than going for a 2 millon pound loan



James would have been the best buisness we had done in my book yo secure him for a season would have been bril and a right to buy


It would have. Rodri would have been a nice pick up too but he's also out of our price range

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 6:09 pm

Starvinmarvin wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us


I thought we had 6.8 million to burn or was that bullsh.t


Probably bullshit but if we do have 6.8 million to spend I hope we are a lot shrewder than going for a 2 millon pound loan



James would have been the best buisness we had done in my book yo secure him for a season would have been bril and a right to buy


It would have. Rodri would have been a nice pick up too but he's also out of our price range



James was not out of our price range tans backing bbm

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 6:18 pm

I can't understand how anyone can think a player would choose us (a team just promoted to this league) over Wolves (a team just relegated to this league).

They are likely to be top eight at least and that is not our target. The buy part of the deal is also only triggered if Wolves get promoted.

It's a bit like expecting a player to choose Hull over Arsenal.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 6:41 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:I can't understand how anyone can think a player would choose us (a team just promoted to this league) over Wolves (a team just relegated to this league).

They are likely to be top eight at least and that is not our target. The buy part of the deal is also about triggered if Wolves get promoted.

It's a bit like expecting a player to choose Hull over Arsenal.


It's not unheard of for teams relegated from the Premier League to continue on a downward spiral - I give you the recent examples of Luton and Leicester.

They also have a new manager who is in his first job in this country.

I don't think that will happen to Wolves but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 6:45 pm

davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:I can't understand how anyone can think a player would choose us (a team just promoted to this league) over Wolves (a team just relegated to this league).

They are likely to be top eight at least and that is not our target. The buy part of the deal is also about triggered if Wolves get promoted.

It's a bit like expecting a player to choose Hull over Arsenal.


It's not unheard of for teams relegated from the Premier League to continue on a downward spiral - I give you the recent examples of Luton and Leicester.

They also have a new manager who is in his first job in this country.

I don't think that will happen to Wolves but it's not beyond the realms of possibility.


Yeah that's a fair point.

But, as you say, unlikely to happen to them. I'll be shocked if (barring injuries) Jimenez doesn't get at least 20 goals. He's still good enough for the PL in my opinion, despite his age - got 9 for Fulham last season.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 6:52 pm

worcester_ccfc wrote:I can't understand how anyone can think a player would choose us (a team just promoted to this league) over Wolves (a team just relegated to this league).

They are likely to be top eight at least and that is not our target. The buy part of the deal is also only triggered if Wolves get promoted.

It's a bit like expecting a player to choose Hull over Arsenal.


Because some people think that Cardiff City FC is the center of the footballing universe & that everyone wants to, or should want to, play for us as we're the capital city of Wales. I'm sure we all think that sometimes when players go somewhere other than here, I know I occasionally have & do. But like you say we're newly promoted & according to the bookies we are among the favourites to go straight back down & we are way down most player's lists of places to play.

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 8:03 pm

montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
montyblue wrote:
Starvinmarvin wrote:
gwentbluebirds wrote:
davids wrote:
worcester_ccfc wrote:Great signing for them. But nearly £2m for a loan is a lot at this level.

He is a great player though.


Well worth the investment when the club has spent so little during the summer.

Perhaps BBM doesn't want him?

Which begs the question - who the heck does he want?

Doesn't seem to be anybody at the moment.


Would be a good signing but we're we even aware and would they pay that kind of fee and how much wages


No 2mil on is not a good investment for a loan it's chucking money away. Makes sense for Wolves they'll take him if they go up and can comfortably spend that sort of money due to parachute payments. Totally unrealistic for us


I thought we had 6.8 million to burn or was that bullsh.t


Probably bullshit but if we do have 6.8 million to spend I hope we are a lot shrewder than going for a 2 millon pound loan



James would have been the best buisness we had done in my book yo secure him for a season would have been bril and a right to buy


It would have. Rodri would have been a nice pick up too but he's also out of our price range



James was not out of our price range tans backing bbm


If you think we are competing with Wolves for signings your delusional. He's miles out of reach for us we aren't big hitters in this league anymore. We'll get guys nobody has ever heard of

Re: Jordan James

Thu Aug 20, 2026 10:35 pm

All I will say is - If we were willing to pay £6M + for a Norwegian player ( not known ) :o
Then there is Jordan James ;)