January is going to be mad

January is going to a mad time for Cardiff City and its fan with four league games, two Carling Cup semis and a FA Cup fixture, which could rise to eight if Cardiff beat West Brom. I hope Santa doesn’t cost you the earth with three away trips in seven days one being the semi trip to Crystal Palace.

On top of all those games the City boss Malky Mackay plans to be active in the January transfer window hopefully adding to his squad for the final push for promotion. Speaking with the local paper the South Wales Echo he talking of two or three with a striker and winger in mind, but things can change so quickly in football.

The Cardiff manager is insisting he has the backing of the clubs Malaysian owners and there are funds available. He has been in the market for a while looking for a new striker to sign-up on loan. During the emergency transfer window, but according to the article in the paper just missed out on bringing someone in.

Bluebirds boss Mackay said in the paper, “We do need to bring in players and the board will back me in that,” said Mackay, who has steered Cardiff to third place in the Championship – five points behind leaders Southampton. 

“But we will go about our business prudently and aim to get value for money. 

“I want players who will integrate into the team. 

“During January, and in the transfer window next summer, we need a gradual build-up of players into the squad. 

“But first we will look at the league table and what we are able to do in January. 

“The board have been very good in allowing me access to knowing what the financial situation is. This is a business and the financial situation now makes us a club going forward, rather than teetering on the brink of administration. Where I have asked the directors to back me they have, and we want to add to our squad in the right way.”

It would be interesting to see what money is there it should wake up agents on the search for a payday. From what I have read about Mackay, he is not one to rest in so any player he picks his target and then goes about building a dossier on the player.

He has five strikers at present Kenny Miller, Rudy Gestede, Earnshaw Rob, Nathaniel Jarvis who is like to go out on loan again in January, and Jon Parkin who has been on loan at Doncaster and now in on a short-term loan at Huddersfield. He as played for three teams including Cardiff so his he bared for another loan deal or playing for another club unless he stays with Huddersfield until the end of the season. I found this below on the internet

Are there any rules in place, which limit how many clubs a player can play for in one season?  

Currently under the FIFA Transfer Regulations, a football player is unable to play for more than three teams in one season. This applies whether the player has been transferred or simply is on loan with that club.  

This also applies regardless of what country that player has plied his trade in, whether that is in Europe, Africa, or South America. As long as a player has represented a club in a league under the adjudication of a FIFA Member Association, they will only be able to play for three different clubs. 

However, this does mean that a football player is free to represent a total of three different clubs in any league in the world over the course of one season.

Parkin’s time with the club would surely be over if Mackay was to bring in a new striker even if, it was a loan.