Here are your Cardiff City headlines for Thursday, June 15.
Cardiff linked with Welsh midfielder
Cardiff City have been linked with a move for Burton Albion's Welsh midfielder Terry Taylor.
Newly-promoted Championship side Plymouth Argyle have also been credited with an interest in the 21-year-old, whose contract at Burton expires at the end of this month. For the latest Cardiff news sent straight to your inbox, sign up here.
Cardiff are expected to be active in the transfer market, although at time of writing can sign only free agents and loan players. And Football Insider believe Taylor, a soon-to-be free agent, is being monitored by Cardiff.
The deep-lying midfielder played 26 times in League One last season and registered four assists. The former Wales under-21s captain missed from February onwards, however, after being forced to have surgery on his ankle.
Taylor was born in Scotland but also qualifies for Wales and has represented both countries at youth level, most recently turning out for Wales under-21s.
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Bulut back in Cardiff tomorrow
Erol Bulut will arrive back in Cardiff on tomorrow after going to the Champions League final in Istanbul, Turkey, where Manchester City beat Inter Milan to secure a historic treble.
The new Bluebirds boss will attend the Wales v Armenia game at the stadium tomorrow night before beginning his job as Cardiff boss in earnest.
He hinted that he would haul his charges in early this summer and that is indeed the case. Bluebirds players will report for pre-season duty as early as Monday, June 19, in order to meet their new gaffer and for him to cast a beady eye over them as he forms a better image in his mind of what he needs in this summer's transfer window.
It is also expected that summer plans, including pre-season and transfer strategy, will then be thrashed out in the days after his arrival, with the manager keen to bring in as many as 10 new players, with some current Bluebirds also potentially leaving, whether that be on loan or permanently.
Adams gets 90 minutes under his belt
Ebou Adams played his first game of competitive football in more than a year last night.
The midfielder, who missed an entire season with injury after moving from Forest Green Rovers last summer, endured rotten luck during his maiden campaign in the Welsh capital, first ripping his pectoral muscle off the bone before then having to undergo surgery on his knee.
He made tentative strides back to fitness at the end of last season, though, turning out for the under-21s a couple of times, scoring a belter of a volley on one occasion.
And he was called up to the Gambia national squad for the AFCON qualifiers this weeks. They played South Sudan last night and won 3-2, with Adams completing a full 90 minutes in what will be a huge step forward for him personally.
Another game for Bows
Wales Football Supporters will take on Alternative Wales tomorrow in a fans' game to raise money for ex-Wales International Jason Bowen in his fight against Motor Neuron Disease.
The game, which kicks off at 2pm at Ocean Park in Cardiff, aims to raise funds to help Bowen, a former Bluebird of course, and his family as they pay for his medical bills at the Morello Clinic in Newport, where he has weekly specialist neurophysiology treatment.
It comes after former team-mates, most notably Andy Legg, rallied around to organise a match to raise funds for Bowen back in April, a game which was contested between Cardiff and Swansea legends at Penybont FC.
Cardiff's legends included Danny Gabbidon, James Collins, Damon Searle, Graham Kavanagh and Robert Earnshaw, while the likes of Lee Trundle, Andy Robinson, Angel Rangel and Leon Britton turned out for the Swans.
The game, perhaps fittingly, ended a 4-4 draw, which included two stunning goals for Cardiff for John Williams, who then swapped shirts to play the rest of the second half for Swansea.
A lot of money was raised in that match and this match tomorrow hopes to do the same. So, if you are able to, please do donate to the family fund.
- You can donate to the campaign here
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