Tonight's Cardiff City news as star in blunt admission on Bluebirds stint and Tan's eyewatering spend revealed
Tonight's Cardiff City news as star in blunt admission on Bluebirds stint and Tan's eyewatering spend revealed
The latest Bluebirds news from Cardiff City Stadium
Former Cardiff City and Manchester United player Ravel Morrison
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Here are your Cardiff City headlines for Friday, May 23.
Ravel Morrison says he 'didn't enjoy' Cardiff stint
Former Manchester United academy product Ravel Morrison has opened up about his brief but ill-fated stint at Cardiff City.
The mercurial midfielder was loaned to the Bluebirds in 2014 from West Ham and played seven times. He impressed in his first outing but then made just six substitute appearances before heading back to the London club.
Speaking about his stint, Morrison told this week's episode of Undr The Cosh: "I didn't enjoy it. I thought the club was well run, and it's a good club. Join the Cardiff City breaking news and top stories WhatsApp community
"But that was when I had come back from QPR and we had got promoted with QPR. I did want to go back to QPR, because I wasn't going to play at West Ham, but the club blocked me going back to QPR, because they were in the Prem with West Ham.
"I didn't really have a say on Cardiff. I either had to go to Cardiff or go with the under-21s. I went to Cardiff and I was there like, two months, and I just didn't enjoy it. I was a bit down."
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He added: "[The manager] was Danny Gabbidon. He was good. Then one or two weeks later, Russell Slade came in.
"Ginge told me to go there, James Collins. He said 'Go there, Danny is the manager, give it a go!' But Danny was only the manager for two weeks. He then came back into the changing room (as a player)."
Morrison has endured a strange career path. He now plays in the UAE Second Division League with Precision, where he has scored nine goals in 20 appearances.
Tan will continue to invest despite £250m spend
Vincent Tan will continue to invest money into Cardiff City despite his expenditure soaring past £250m, according to Bluebirds CEO Ken Choo.
It will be the first time Tan is at the helm of a League One club, which will doubtless see it plummet in value. However, it appears he is determined to remain in charge and oversee a promotion back to the Championship.
Tan has been at the club for a decade and a half and has sunk eyewatering sums into the club. In recent meeting with the club's Fan Advisory Board (FAB), Ken Choo was asked if Tan was still committed to the club, to which he replied, according to the minutes of the meeting: "Yes, VT (Tan) is.
"VT and us all wants positive changes to the club [KC (Ken Choo) wouldn't go into detail about what VT has said] but it is swaying more towards more football people doing things better within the club. VT has invested over £250m + into the club and has maintained that he will still invest."
With regards to cuts owing to a drop in revenue in League One, Choo was adamant that the academy would continued to be funded properly as the club believe in bringing through young players to either supplement the first team or bag decent money from player sales.
"KC said there is no current intention to make any cuts to the academy as this could save the club a lot of money with home grown players coming through to the first team," the minutes added.
Ireland keeping tabs on rising Welsh star
The Republic of Ireland are understood to be monitoring Dylan Lawlor's situation, with the young Cardiff centre-back currently with the Wales senior team on a camp in Spain.
The teenage defender, born and raised in Wales, has captained the Welsh national team at age-grade level and looks to be a top prospect for both club and country.
However, his standout performances at youth level on both the domestic and international scene has seen him become a sought-after prospect. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.
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Not only do clubs in England, Scotland and in Europe like the look of the 19-year-old, but delegates from Ireland are also believed to be keeping tabs on the talented centre-back.
Wales, like Cardiff, view Lawlor as a top talent and are desperate to see him progress in the Welsh pathway. Whether he, or any of the four other uncapped Cardiff players in Spain, get a cap in the upcoming double header against Liechtenstein and Belgium is perhaps one to keep a close eye on. You can read the full story here.
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