As the Chopra move (if there ever was one) goes to bed, Cardiff City find themselves linked to a new striker in the shape of Peterborough United's 24 year old goal getter Craig MacKail-Smith.This morning's Daily Mirror speculated on City's interest and it has since emerged that Dave Jones watched Posh in action at Walsall last weekend. Peterborough won, MacKail-Smith platyed well but failed to net although he is already on 8 for this season.
A non-league discovery at Dagenham & Redbrode, MacKail-Smith has shone at the London Road club since his move there in January 2007. His goalscoring ratio there is outrageous, 28 league goals in 57 starts + 4 sub appearences and you can add 6 goals in 5 cup matches to that tally too.
Speculation and interest is fine but can City be hopeful? There seems little doubt other clubs will fancy taking a punt on him too, rumoured to be leading the way are Birmingham City and with Posh Director of Football Barry Fry having a long-standing relationship with that club and its hierarchy, it must be Cardiff at a disadvantage before any other factors are taken into account.
MacKail-Smith is also contracted to 2012 which means it may well take a big fee to secure him ... on the face of it, beyond what Cardiff like to pay but who's to say we won't move players out for big money in January too eh? It is the norm after all.
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