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Every Cardiff City player's transfer value right now as one star's price soars tenfold

With Cardiff City's finances well and truly under the microscope and a transfer embargo looming, what are the club's next steps?

That is all being figured out behind the scenes, with the club thought to be "confident" of overturning the embargo ruling and planning for January to be business as usual.

But whether they are able to operate freely in the market next month or under strict rules owing to the embargo remains to be seen. So, with that in mind, what assets do the club actually have in the building?

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Occasionally taking a look at Cardiff players' market values provokes plenty of intrigue and it is perhaps now more pertinent than ever.

According to reputed football database website Transfermarkt, The Bluebirds' current squad has a value of £32.82m. That is discounting the three players - Jaden Philogene, Niels Nkounkou and Cedric Kipre - who they have on loan, but does include the four club-owned players - Mark McGuinness, Dillon Phillips, Kieron Evans and Chanka Zimba - Cardiff currently have out on loan. Eli King is not assigned a transfer value as yet.

Cardiff's highest-valued player is Callum Robinson, who is believed to be worth £4.36m. Considering City nabbed him for just £1.5m from West Brom in the summer, that represents good value for money and he is already showing it on the pitch with nine goal involvements in his last 12 games.

The other player Cardiff signed for a fee in the summer was Kion Etete from Tottenham. The Bluebirds forked out £500,000 and it is thought he should fetch £786,000 if he was sold today. Not a huge profit, but every little helps in this climate.

The biggest mover and the best investment comes from a Mick McCarthy recruit. Ryan Wintle was signed on a free transfer after his contract at Crewe ran out, with his market value at the time just £300,000. Now, he is worth almost 10 times that at £2.62m and is City's second most valuable asset.

Cardiff's free transfers in the summer also rank highly, with Callum O'Dowda (£2.18m), Andy Rinomhota (£2.18m), Sheyi Ojo (£1.75m), Mahlon Romeo (£1.75m) and Romaine Sawyers (£1.05m) all believed to be million-pound players.

Homegrown youngsters Rubin Colwill (£1.31m), Mark Harris (£870,000) and Isaak Davies (£870,000) would all fetch healthy sums if they were to be moved on, too. The latter, of course, was the subject of a £2.5m transfer bid from Burnley in the summer.

Take a look at the full list of players below...

Cardiff City players' market value

Callum Robinson £4.36m

Ryan Wintle £2.62m

Callum O'Dowda £2.18m

Perry Ng £2.18m

Andy Rinomhota £2.18m

Niels Nkounkou £2.18m (On loan)

Jaden Philogene £2.18m (On loan)

Curtis Nelson £1.75m

Sheyi Ojo £1.75m

Mahlon Romeo £1.75m

Joe Ralls £1.57m

Cédric Kipré £1.31m (On loan)

Rubin Colwill £1.31m

Romaine Sawyers £1.05m

Jamilu Collins £870,000

Mark Harris £870,000

Isaak Davies £870,000

Ryan Allsop £786,000

Kion Etete £786,000

Jack Simpson £698,000

Vontae Campbell £698,000

Gavin Whyte £524,000

Joel Bagan £524,000

Jak Alnwick £349,000

Max Watters £349,000

Tom Sang £262,000

Ebou Adams £175,000

Oliver Denham £175,000

Ollie Tanner £87,000

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Players on loan...

Mark McGuinness £1.05m

Dillon Phillips £698,000

Kieron Evans £175,000

Chanka Zimba £44,000

Eli King N/A

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