Cardiff City transfer boost ahead of Sheffield United clash as main man offers honest take on further additions
Cardiff City have strengthened their squad but it remains to be seen if he will make his debut against Sheffield United
Cardiff City finally secured their long-term target Krystian Bielik ahead of the Bluebirds Championship clash with Sheffield United but Chris Wilder may not have to worry about his side facing him on Saturday.
Polish midfielder Bielik, who has been brought in as a midfiedlker but can play in defence, joined from West Brom on Wednesday after prolonged negotations.
However, such has been the nature of the transfer, manager Brian Barry-Murphy appeared unconvinced that Bielik will be making his debut when United head to South Wales on Saturday for the second week in a row.
The Bluebirds have, however, been boosted by the return to training of Gabriel Osho who may now come into contention.
What appears likely though, is that Wilder’s analysts won’t have to concern themselves too much with the addition of Bielik in their preparations.
Bielik has played just a few minutes of football so far this season, coming on for the Baggies in the 89th minute of their first Championship match of the season against Norwich.
"We've had relatively positive news. Gabriel Osho trained on Tuesday, so hopefully he'll continue today," Barry-Murphy said. "We haven't seen a lot of Krystian yet because of the hurried nature of this, so we'll see how he is today in training and then make a judgement.
"As pleased as we are to have him here, I think it's important that we don't rush him into doing something that he's not ready for."
Barry-Myrphy admitted he was ‘very keen’ to continue strengthening his squad but was far from confident that another player will be in before Cardiff take on the Blades on Saturday.
"Based on how long this one took, I wouldn't put my name to that one!" he joked.