Phantom transfer and does TG want to get out

The Sunday Mirror has a few rumours surrounding Cardiff City today one involving the club the other about a transfer rumour.

The transfer rumour is that Cardiff City want Stoke City midfielder Michael Tonge, to replace Joe Ledley, who funny enough was wanted by Stoke but he wanted Celtic. The Premiership club had offer Cardiff a two for one player swap but it was rejected. Ok we have a transfer embargo, but then you read on to see it will cost £1.5million to help him escape is nightmare with Stoke.

Some agent somewhere has made a massive mistake in thing there is any money in the coffers to buy players and we are reported to be the favourite to sign him. The only way Cardiff could pay this transfer fee is on the weekly, a £1 a-week over 1,500,000 weeks

The other story is a bit more worrying, from the Sunday Mirror

Cardiff City could be up for sale again – for the second time in three months.

Rumours persist that the Malaysian syndicate who took effective control of the club in may will sell their 38 per cent of shares if they were paid back their £6million investment.

The consortium headed by businessman Dato Chan Tien Ghee, pledged to invest heavily. But Cardiff have been unable to bring in new players this summer and were forced to ask players to defer bonuses and appearance money.

One source at the club said, “It’s like the new people have lost interest. You have to wonder how committed they are.”

I have always said the Malaysians had no idea about the cost of running a football club. Ever in the Championship football has a cost that scares people from investing the love of football has to.

From what I have read about the recent finances the clubs books must read like a horror story. However the Malaysians have looked at the books and still invested in shares and cash if it was the debt this would be a strong club.

Everything is in place now the stadium/training ground and infrastructure, a decent squad more than capable of promotion with some new blood a fanbase of 20,000+ with a reported 16,000+ season ticket holders no mean feat for a club with all our problems.

Cardiff City has always been cash strapped in the nearly 40 years of being a fan the club have lurched from one crisis to another. The arrive of Sam Hammam put us in a different league for all the good there was the Langston loan was the start to the road now. Ex-chairman Peter Ridsdale then push the club further down the line, we have the stadium and the rest but last season he push it too hard to reach the goal of the Premiership.

We need a sugar daddy loaded with cash and a love of Cardiff and football.