After two years of battling to avoid relegation, Cardiff City can ill afford to go into the 2023/24 campaign on the back foot.
However, with the future of the Bluebirds coaching staff still uncertain, so many big decisions and considerations pertaining to the club's summer plans are stuck in limbo.
Cardiff have five senior players out of contract in June, with a number of academy players on the fringe of the first team in the same position.