Cardiff City return to pre-season training on Wednesday and the squad is largely unrecognisable from last year.
Ollie Tanner, Mahlon Romeo, Ebou Adams, Ryan Allsop, Jak Alnwick, Jamilu Collins, Vontae Daley-Campbell and Callum O’Dowda will all be present and correct, with as many players heading in the opposite direction. Gavin Whyte, Tom Sang and Kieron Evans ( who is set to go out on loan to Yeovil ) also return to a refreshed group and Steve Morison has done remarkably well to get so many players in at a time when most have unplugged and disappeared on holiday.
When Morison was managing on an interim basis, he was very much concerned with the here and now, not looking too far ahead. Once his appointment had been made permanent, his focus then became more long term and he spent the last few weeks of last season already looking ahead to pre-season. His goal was to get as many in as possible and he has certainly succeeded in that regard.
